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Originally Posted by Frieza_Prexus
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There are (as of my last off-the-cuff count) three jurisdictions where the law "allows" compelled speech as it happened in the bakery case: Colorado, New Mexico, and Washington State. There is still a massive constitutional issue with those laws, and they have yet to go before the Supreme Court. Yes, it is still extremely legal in the vast majority of the U.S. and sexual orientation is not a federally protected class for situations such as this.
Denial of service is not stripping rights. You have no right to be guaranteed service by private individuals. This is deeply entrenched in our law; contract law is rife with situations that forbid specific performance of a contract because it would amount to compelled speech or involuntary servitude.
In the case of the bakery, there were dozens of alternatives. The couple lost nothing by being denied service. Their feelings were hurt, and that's it. In fact, the end result of the case was exactly the same as if they had been refused service without suing or had never found the bakery. The bakery closed down without giving them a cake!
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I dono man I cant just go on and on with you about this.. if you think it sucks for the white Christians that they got a taste of what its like to have a bunch of people treat them like shit because of their faith or something they think they fundamentally cant change the maybe they might know what it feels like to be gay. Fuck em... Good beats evil.
The Federal Civil Rights Act guarantees all people the right to "full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of any place of public accommodation, without discrimination or segregation on the ground of race, color, religion, or national origin."
I still don't really know what you're talking about with compelled speech ill admit, you have to be more clear. But I think you're wasting your energy fighting for shit that doesn't need fighting for. But whatever helps you sleep at night.