Like I said a little earlier: if a restaurant says its dishes are "creative expression," can they now refuse service to anyone they claim offends their religion (offer limited to particular strands of Christianity, of course)?
@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.