Michael Brown

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Originally Posted by iruinedyourday [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

but no its not legal

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.

minority group having their rights stripped from them

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!