@RationalLeft
"Republican" isn't covered under any protected status. I want to see "No Republicans" signs, especially in DC area restaurants.

@ArcturusSaDiablo And of course ANY court would rule against that - liberal judges because they actually oppose group-based discrimination, and R judges because they don't like the specific outcome.

@RationalLeft Yes.

A store could claim its checkout process and arrangement of items on shelves is creative expression -- it is, after all, something they could potentially get a design patent on -- and thus deny anyone they choose the right to shop there.

This decision is egregiously bad. and not just for LGBTQ+ people. #scotus #politics

@lenaoflune Exactly. It's a slippery slope, and is going to lead to ceaseless litigation as businesses try to use it to justify discrimination along a undefined line.

And what happens when doctors say "I won't give emergency care to someone who came in with their same sex spouse?"

@RationalLeft In some states, they can already do that. There are laws that protect "religious conscience in healthcare," and they're most commonly used by church-run hospitals to constrain treatment options and by pharmacists (usually at Walgreens) to deny access to birth control, HRT, and Plan B.

I'm surprised we haven't *already* had a case like the one you describe. I suspect it's because ERs don't select for people who have those kinds of beliefs, but... #politics

@lenaoflune Just so. It's only a matter of time.

MOST doctors take their oaths seriously and wouldn't deny live-saving care to anyone.

But they're out there. And they're being encouraged.

@RationalLeft oh there will be bigots everywhere with claims of religious freedom bullshit.

@JPSCHWEIZER63 The great majority of which will end up being struck down... but only after clogging up the courts and causing years of misery and division for millions.