[DestroyLiberalism]

apillar wrote:
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I wonder if this case could set a precedent for the Christian wedding cake makers and photographers being persecuted by the state for refusing to participate in gay marriage? If nothing else it should bolster their argument that you don’t lose your right to practice your religion just because you go into business...
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I’m wondering this very same thing... I don’t see how the Supreme Court can rule in favor of religious freedom for Hobby Lobby, but not for that of Christian small businesses. Not to mention, there is also a judicial precedence from 2000 where the Boy Scouts of America were ruled in favor of having the First Amendment right, as a private organization, to exclude people from membership. Why can’t the same right apply to private businesses that do not wish to cater its product to certain people for legitimate religious reasons?

[livius]

I’m going to have to wait for a smarter legal mind than mine to decipher this, but it seems that one of the very reasons they considered it unconstitutional in this particular case was because of the corporate structure of Hobby Lobby. So I’m not sure it does apply to different types of businesses or non profits.

[fatima]

From what I understand that was said.This is for a closely held corporation that is not traded.Best to incorporate.

[SZonian]

"Not to mention, there is also a judicial precedence from 2000 where the Boy Scouts of America were ruled in favor of having the First Amendment right, as a private organization, to exclude people from membership."

True, however, with the help of politically correct National Board members intent on instilling "diversity" at all costs, the BSA caved completely on their own...the BSA committed suicide.