While this ruling is a setback, we will continue and redouble our pursuit of equality for all.” Rob Bonta said the state’s “unwavering support for the LGBTQ+ community remains steadfast even in the face of today’s disheartening decision. While the ruling “is extremely limited, we are disappointed to see for the first time, and in the context of LGBTQ+ people who are already facing a heartbreaking backlash to the movement for liberty and equality for gender and sexual minorities, an unprecedented exemption to nondiscrimination laws,” she said.Ĭalifornia Atty. Mary Bonauto, a Boston-based attorney for the LGBTQ+ advocacy nonprofit GLAAD, agreed the case involved a “highly fact-specific decision authorizing a narrow exception to a state nondiscrimination law.” The web designer’s business is “unlike most commercial enterprises that solicit customers widely,” she said. “Unlike yesterday’s affirmative action travesty, today’s smug attack on civil rights law will have limited practical impact in the marketplace because few commercial services involve original artwork and pure speech offered as limited commission,” said Jennifer C. Lambda Legal in Los Angeles condemned the ruling as “misguided” but “narrow.”
It permits some business owners to turn away same-sex couples if the service or product at issue involves speech or creative expression that celebrates their marriage. It does, however, create an exception to that principle of equal rights. The court’s opinion does not affect its 2015 ruling that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry and to have their unions treated equally under the law.
“While the court’s decision only addresses expressive original designs, I’m deeply concerned that the decision could invite more discrimination against LGBTQI+ Americans.” “In America, no person should face discrimination simply because of who they are or who they love,” Biden said in a statement.
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President Biden expressed disappointment on Friday, saying he feared it would lead to increased discrimination.
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