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Re:Amazon won't sell books framing LGBTQ+ identities as ment... by eesmith on Friday March 12, 2021 @04:09AM (#26433658)
Two very different points.

Christian book stores can't exclude Hindus from buying their books. One upon a time they could, but that's now illegal.

There is no law saying Christian book stores must stock the Bhagavad Gita.

There's also no law saying Amazon must stock certain books. But there are laws preventing Amazon from excluding certain classes of people as clients.

To your question, the Supreme Court has said that lack of religious neutrality by the Colorado Civil Rights Commission was inappropriate, in such a way that the case should be overturned.

Re:Amazon won't sell books framing LGBTQ+ identities as ment... by akvadrako on Friday March 12, 2021 @04:34AM (#26433815)
Just a minor note but you misunderstood the cake case. They were willing to bake a cake for a gay couple, just not one celebrating gay marriage.
Re:Amazon won't sell books framing LGBTQ+ identities as ment... by eesmith on Friday March 12, 2021 @04:56AM (#26433923)
I edited my comment some, so I not sure quite what it is I misunderstood.

I'm pretty sure I did know that as checked the Supreme Court decision while working on my comment, and it says https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/16-111_j4el.pdf

> Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd., is a Colorado bakery owned and operated by Jack Phillips, an expert baker and devout Christian. In 2012 he told a same-sex couple that he would not create a cake for their wedding celebration because of his religious opposition to same-sex marriages—marriages that Colorado did not then recognize—but that he would sell them other baked goods, e.g., birthday cakes.

In my comment I removed text where I quoted from the decision, as there's no way that decision can be discussed in the sort of off-handed way that jpxw brought it up.

Also, I didn't realize there were multiple relevant cake maker lawsuits, so perhaps jpxw could be more specific, as the Supreme Court decision doesn't seems to have a direct bearing on the topic, leaving the underlying issue in confusion.

Re:Amazon won't sell books framing LGBTQ+ identities as ment... by akvadrako on Friday March 12, 2021 @05:10AM (#26434008)
You seemed to suggest the cake case was about excluding certain people as clients. That's what I thought you misunderstood.