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Supreme Court Balks At Appeal Of Christian Owner Found In Violation Of LGBT Anti-Discrimination Law

Without getting too wordy, I agree with the courts that the B&B owner violated the law (which I don't view as unconstitutional) when she refused to let the lesbian couple stay in her B&B.

This is quite different from the Masterpiece Cake Shop case where the baker refused to bake (and decorate) a cake to celebrate a gay marriage. In that case I, and the SC agreed, that the baker could not be forced to express something artistically he did not believe in. Jack was not refusing to bake cakes for gay people. He had done so many times. Just not to help celebrate their wedding.

Letting someone rent and stay in a room is not an endorsement of who stays there or what goes on there.

BTW, I visited the Masterpiece Cake Shop last week while in Denver. The owner Jack is quite a nice and humble man. And his baked goods are delicious.

BackInTex wrote:Supreme Court Balks At Appeal Of Christian Owner Found In Violation Of LGBT Anti-Discrimination Law

Without getting too wordy, I agree with the courts that the B&B owner violated the law (which I don't view as unconstitutional) when she refused to let the lesbian couple stay in her B&B.

This is quite different from the Masterpiece Cake Shop case where the baker refused to bake (and decorate) a cake to celebrate a gay marriage. In that case I, and the SC agreed, that the baker could not be forced to express something artistically he did not believe in. Jack was not refusing to bake cakes for gay people. He had done so many times. Just not to help celebrate their wedding.

Letting someone rent and stay in a room is not an endorsement of who stays there or what goes on there.

BTW, I visited the Masterpiece Cake Shop last week while in Denver. The owner Jack is quite a nice and humble man. And his baked goods are delicious.

The Supreme Court decision regarding the Masterpiece Cake Shop didn't go as far as you think. The linked article is simply wrong in its description of the Court's decision. The Court did not reach the issue of whether the owner could be forced to bake a cake to help celebrate a same-sex wedding. It held that Colorado's process for reaching a decision was flawed in this instance. --Bob