Correct me if I’m wrong, but doesn’t the Constitution guarantee freedom of association?
No one should have to explain themselves for refusing to associate with anyone.
Many stores post signs saying something along the lines of, “We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone.”
I hope this baker continues to fight this; it is a dangerous infringement of free speech rights.
RE: Correct me if I’m wrong, but doesn’t the Constitution guarantee freedom of association?
Well here’s the problem... the courts have made a comparison between not wanting to serve a gay couple because of religious and moral beliefs to not wanting to serve a black man.
You will begin to notice a pattern... when a Christian businessman refuses to help celebrate a lifestyle he considers sinful, it becomes akin to racism.
THAT is the reasoning put forth by the liberal courts.
RE: Many stores post signs saying something along the lines of, “We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone.”
What if anyone includes black people? Should the law step in?
The 14th amendment trumps all others. Especially now in the age of fascist leftists. It matters little that these are private citizens owning their businesses. The courts will just twist the verbage around to suit their purposes.
The Constitution. How quaint.
We've evolved past that that old thing into a new era where power is reallocated to where it rightly belongs: a faceless group of bureaucrats who are far more enlightened to make decisions for people than they are themselves.
One of the first steps in that evolution was basically making every business in the country a "place of public accommodation", which gives the state a compelling interest to force businesses to accept any and all clients. Originally designed to deal with businesses along major transportation corridors to ensure that a traveller would not be stuck without food, fuel, or lodging due to racial discrimination, our betters have determined that it now applies to any business that takes any clients at all, and have expanded the meaning of "discrimination" to include behavior as well as race or religion, and that behavioral abnormalities trump religious beliefs in the process.
And aren't we a better people for it?