‘No Jews or LGBTQ Allowed’? The Supreme Court Seems to Approve

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Op-Ed

Publication Date

7-7-2023

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Cleveland Plain Dealer / cleveland.com

Keywords

free speech, protected class

Abstract

In 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, a case that barely received the attention it deserved – which can only be explained by the phalanx of conservative opinions the high court issued last week on affirmative action, student loans, and (more) religious accommodations in the workplace – the Supreme Court has, for the first time in its history, granted a for-profit business open to the public the constitutional right to refuse service to members of a protected class.

“Today is a sad day in American constitutional law and in the lives of LGBT people,” wrote Justice Sotomayor. She could not be more correct. We should all rise to change that.

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