Did the Supreme Court Say Businesses Can Now Discriminate Against LGBT Customers — and Employees Too?
<p>The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that businesses can now legally refuse service to LGBT people in specific circumstances. Its decision in <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/21-476_c185.pdf" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"><strong><em>303 Creative v. Elenis</em></strong></a> allowed a graphic designer to rely on her First Amendment right to free speech to refuse to make wedding websites for same-sex couples. This opinion single-handedly upended non-discrimination laws in the marketplace, but its effect is even more far-reaching: as early as the same day as the ruling, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/07/11/supreme-discrimination-303-catholic-school/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>it was used to argue for the right to terminate LGBT employees</strong></a>.</p>
<p><strong>LGBT People Have Been Under Attack</strong></p>
<p>It was only 20 years ago that <a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Lawrence-v-Texas" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>consensual gay sex was decriminalized</strong></a> in the United States. Since then, <a href="https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/supreme-court-case-library/obergefell-v-hodges" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>marriage was opened to same-sex couples</strong></a> (2015), and <a href="https://supreme.findlaw.com/supreme-court-insights/bostock-v--clayton-county-case-summary-.html" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>non-discrimination protections in employment</strong></a> were applied to many LGBT people across the country (2020).</p>
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