SCOTUS could relegate gay Americans to second-class status. Or it could do something even worse.
was always a longshot; it’s a free speech case with a free exercise claim grafted on, because ADF has nothing to lose at this Supreme Court. The organization should be pleased that, while shaving off the religious liberty claim, SCOTUS turbocharged the free speech claim, framing it in terms that imperil all civil rights laws.It did so in two ways.
stretch far beyond Smith. The baker, the florist, the photographer, the jeweler, and hair stylist: All call themselves “artists” who “speak” through their work. All could claim a right underto turn away clients who ask them to “communicate” messages they dislike. And all will likely prevail under the rule that the conservative supermajority seems poised to announce.
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