Supreme Court: Should a web designer be able refuse to service because their religion disagrees with gay marriage?

That is not what “Liberty” was posting about.

It is more like if a baker offered custom text on top of a cake, but refused to put two male names with a heart. Web developer is already providing custom services. They don’t produce the same website for all customers.

Post you 'hidden" rules so that potential customers can decide whether to do business with you at all. Nothing worse than unknowingly hiring a "closeted" bigot.

YES

Yes, do what they want! And.... they should move their business to a country that encourages discrimination because they dont belong here. Ironically. Another example of 2 things can be true. You can do what you want but suffer the consequences. Religion should have ZERO impcat on policy.

Agreed. They can refuse any particular job. Artists refuse many jobs. Custom builders refuse many jobs.

Weak argument. Choosing to be a racist or walking into my business raising cain (or even no shirt on)..I can refuse you service. Refusing service to people because of how they are born...man/woman, black/white is (supposedly) not in alignment with our core values. Using religion as an excuse is even weaker.

They can refuse any particular job, but under Colorado law they can't do it on the basis of
race, sex, religion, sexual orientation or other protected characteristics.

Don’t forget Twitter.

My opinion is these business owners need to stop being politically motivated martyrs for a stupid cause. It's legal to refuse service to anyone. They don't have to state why they refuse service. They could could easily say, "no I don't want the job" and move on. Instead they let politics motivated them to become a martyr for a stupid cause so they say they refuse service because my religion says so.

This is devoid of logic. You are saying I can’t have religious beliefs but you can have non religious ones.

The right wing uses "liberty" as an excuse to discriminate historically. Why not just go back to black and white drinking fountains while youre at it. Liberty doesnt give you the right to harm other people. Y'all are all about liberty, but you dont want anyone to get married unless it fits your prayer? You did the same thing with women's suffrage and segregation. You dont want anyone to have what you have unless they look like you and go to the same church. Please dont lecture us on liberty. Conservatives and libertarians dont know the concept of liberty. You just use it when you want want to do whatever you like to whomever you want and not contribute to society. Slackers who want special rules for themselves.

Wow! That is perhaps the most moron!c thing I have ever seen posted on LRC!

I am saying no such thing. Have all the religious beliefs you want. Just don't expect them to be given higher priority than other people's non-religious beliefs.

Maybe you were just kidding and you knew how stup!d your post was?

The idea that the government can make me do business is absurd.

Nope there is not. I checked.

Is ti generally accepted that the government can regulate business and, in fact it does in many different ways. According to Colorado law (but similar laws exist in most states since the 19th century), a business cannot discriminate on the basis of sex, race, sexual orientation and other protected characteristics. Basically, once you put a product on the markeplace, you cannot refuse to sell it to a customer because he is black/gay/female/muslim etc..

The law does not compel you to put a certain product on the market. if you want to sell Christmas trees, you are not obliged to sell Hannukkas candles, but you cannot refuse to sell a Christmas tree to a Jew. A wedding site designer is also free to put on all his designed websites a statement like: "Same sex marriage is abomination", but he cannot deny to sell his website to a same-sex couple, if they wish one.

The plantiff is seeking to get an exception based on the nature of the business, that require some level of "creativity" that can be considered speech and is therefore protected by the First Amendment.

There are a few problems with this stance, and are explained well by the NYT article posted earlier in the thread. In particular, the law does not dictates what a business can sell, only that he cannot decide not to do business with people from a protected category. Note that a lot of business can claim that their work is "creative" (any food outlet, painting, landscaping, clothing, hairstyling etc...), so basically a ruling in favor of the plantiff will effectively make the law completely moot and we could happily go back to the good ole days when restaurants would not serve black people.

What do you do for a living 800 gal? Let's say you are a gay Jewish caterer in South Beach. Someone comes up to you and asks for you to cater an event for revisionists that includes a cake with a swastika on it. Would you feel that you are within your rights to refuse them service?

Yes, if you're offering a service you should be able to decide who, when, what, how you give that service. If you disagree, you are are proponent of slavery. Have a nice day.

And the left wing uses "discrimination" as an excuse to uphold authoritarianism. If you don't like someone's values, don't give them your money. Nobody has a right to anyone else's labor - that's called slavery!