Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes tells U.S. Supreme Court to shove it
Opinion: Mayes promises to enforce Arizona's public accommodation law to protect the LGBTQ community in spite of the court's ruling in a Colorado case. https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/ej-montini/2023/07/03/attorney-general-kris-mayes-tells-supreme-court-lgbtq-discrimination/70377900007/
@Rabbisandra So a business that sells cupcakes could still be prosecuted for refusing to sell to LGBTQ people, as cupcakes aren't speech.
A publisher could be prosecuted if they posted a notice that they won't work with LGBTQ people.
Basically the SCOTUS ruling outlined several conditions that must be met in order to be exempt from discrimination laws.
@Rabbisandra it seems like it's an expansion of the "corporations are people in regards to speech" rulings SCOTUS has been making for a decade or so.
That whole concept is dumb, and have given far too much power to corporations.
@Rabbisandra paywalled. From what I understand of the ruling, it carved out a narrow exemption for businesses that produced speech as a product. The ruling also made note that the business was owner operated with no other employees. It also made note that the owner was willing to work with LGBTQ people, just as long as it didn't have to communicate a message promoting gay marriage.