On the topic of for-profit business entities having religious freedom: It was my understanding that the plaintiff's attorney's actually avoided the freedom of religion argument altogether, because it could have been problematic (???). I thought that's why they based it on a 1st Amendment claim, and in fact structured the whole case the w…
On the topic of for-profit business entities having religious freedom: It was my understanding that the plaintiff's attorney's actually avoided the freedom of religion argument altogether, because it could have been problematic (???). I thought that's why they based it on a 1st Amendment claim, and in fact structured the whole case the way they did because of that. I believe they were arguing that you cannot compel creative speech, and because the web designer didn't believe gay marriages were the truth or some such thing - it was oddly described - that she couldn't be compelled to "speak" in that manner. I'm butchering this! Not an attorney here!
Now, we both know that the whole reason they even considered the case is that it really, truly was about freedom to exercise your Christian religion. If I had tried to bring this case as a Muslim, for example, I can't imagine they would have taken it. They have an agenda.
On the topic of for-profit business entities having religious freedom: It was my understanding that the plaintiff's attorney's actually avoided the freedom of religion argument altogether, because it could have been problematic (???). I thought that's why they based it on a 1st Amendment claim, and in fact structured the whole case the way they did because of that. I believe they were arguing that you cannot compel creative speech, and because the web designer didn't believe gay marriages were the truth or some such thing - it was oddly described - that she couldn't be compelled to "speak" in that manner. I'm butchering this! Not an attorney here!
Now, we both know that the whole reason they even considered the case is that it really, truly was about freedom to exercise your Christian religion. If I had tried to bring this case as a Muslim, for example, I can't imagine they would have taken it. They have an agenda.