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Michael Imperioli forbids 'bigots and homophobes' from watching his work following Supreme Court ruling (www.cnn.com)

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Actor Michael Imperioli has something to say about the Supreme Court’s Friday ruling in favor of a Christian web designer who refuses to create websites to celebrate same-sex weddings.

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[–] metaStatic@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago (35 children)

False equivalence, he's not being forced to do anything.

Lady is a shit stain let's be clear but she is well within her rights to refuse service to anyone on any grounds. in fact her being honest about her bigotry is a good thing as it allows others to avoid her.

[–] Geometric7792@kbin.social 39 points 2 years ago (16 children)

Do you think a resturant refusing to serve black people would be okay?

[–] Parallax@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (9 children)

I 100% disagree with the ruling, but this is apparently what the court had to say. They effectively sectioned out "expressive services" as able to discriminate, versus non-expressive services, like restaurants , which are still covered by the first amendment.

The decision suggests that artists, photographers, videographers and writers are among those who can refuse to offer what the court called expressive services if doing so would run contrary to their beliefs. But that’s different from other businesses not engaged in speech and therefore not covered by the First Amendment, such as restaurants and hotels.

https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-gay-rights-website-designer-aa529361bc939c837ec2ece216b296d5

[–] Generic-Disposable@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

how is cooking not expressive? This distinction is meaningless. Any work product can be and is expressive.

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