Supreme Court rejects the appeal by Christian grandma florist fined for refusing to service same-sex wedding: Justices Thomas, Alito and Gorsuch Dissent

Christian Post ^ | 07/03/2021 | Emily Wood

[PerConPat]

Good points... Here is a map of "state actors" that have overstepped their bounds...

[daniel1212]

SCOTUS made the bed which the Christian florist is punished for not sleeping in, so its refusal to correct the wrongful punishment of said florist who obeyed God over man, is not surprising. When SCOTUS criminalized states refusing to recognize homosexual marriage, did they not surmise that this conflict would result?

[daniel1212]

"Facebook and Twitter can have terms of service but bakers and florists can’t."

Actually they all can refuse such things as enabling porn and potentially even censure such content by homosexuals, yet since homosexual relations are not considered immoral then such cannot be censured.

[rhinohunter]

The “all female clerks” was a warning sign.

ETCM makes a great point....

[daniel1212]

"So in only three years is the court throwing out its decision in the Colorado baker case? With Trump’s new appointments being the ones who made the difference?"

Actually even though in the Masterpiece bakery case the baker refused to be complicit in recognizing homosexual marriage (by creating a special work for that express purpose), consistent with the Word of God as well as the CO state constitution at the time, SCOTUS would not send a clear message that the persecution of him was wrong, that a business cannot be forced to go against its conscience in a precise situation as this, but made it seem like the real problem was the antagonistic manner by which the state persecuted him.

SCOTUS made the bed which the Christian florist is punished for not sleeping in, so its refusal to correct the wrongful punishment of said florist who obeyed God over man, is not surprising.

[cherry]

perhaps there’s more dirt on Kavanaugh and Barrett....we shall see......big fat zero’s in my book....

[LeonardFMason]

Just do a SUCK ASS job! Make it ugly.

[Albion Wilde]

The state “Human Rights” commission wants to take her business and her house in fines and punishment. She is in her 70s.

[Albion Wilde]

I read elsewhere that Stutzman talked to the people she refused to provide services for, explained her decision, and that they (supposedly) went away without so much as a complaint. Turns out they ran right to the nearest lawyer and betrayed her, suing her instead.

I read that the man who asked for the cake was a longtime client and friend, and she explained very lovingly her reservations to him, and he understood. But it was his intended "husband" who, after he went home and told him, had the hissy fit and made a complaint to the state "Human Rights" commission, which of course is full of people with axes to grind; and the HRC went after her.

[Albion Wilde]

Gorsuch has turned out to be surprisingly solid.

Uh, except for leading that decision that declared that the sex discrimination statute also covers "gender identity", which entitles the confused peenie pervs to go in the ladies' rooms.

[bray]

So is Pelosi and Biden.

[stockpirate]

Dare we say it! The SC is as corrupt as the DOJ, FBI, IRS, DHS, CIA, ATF, Congress, Democrat Party, RINO Republicans.

[Sacajaweau]

I think 6 of the Justices are Catholic. What’s your point.

[fwdude]

Most people miss the point that the declining wedding merchant isn’t enriching himself by his actions, which might be suspect, but is IMPOVERISHING himself by turning down business. What is it he has to gain, except a clean conscience?

[ducttape45]

Ah, ok, thanks for clearing that up.

[Stravinsky]

The balancing of interests is really out of whack with these wedding cases. I understand those who hate Christianity and see stuff like this and trannies in bathrooms and such as a way to turn opinion again taking advantage of it, but what amazes me are the fools without such motivation that act like this is a big deal.

There are PLENTY of florists, cake artists, etc. that are willing to cater a same-sex wedding. Even in the reddest of states.

This isn’t the issue of an innkeeper denying a gay man entry during a blizzard or some extreme hypothetical like that. The “harm” inflicted on the gay couple is being made aware that some people don’t like them. That’s it. I’m sure they were already well aware of that fact, so big deal.

On the other side, you have someone being forced to violate their beliefs or go out of business. That’s not a small thing.

The Court could and should allow freedom of conscience in this area. But it won’t because it’s a bunch of cowards.

[BillyBoy]

There's no "evidence" the Catholic justices are "more liberal". If anything, the opposite is true. The MOST conservative justices in the court in recent years were Catholics: Scalia, Alito & Thomas. Most of the liberal justices in recent years have been Jews and protestants, like Ruth Bader Ginsburg and John Paul Stevens (which doesn't "prove" protestant judges as a whole tend to be liberal, but was simply a coincidence).

In fact, the only "liberal" Catholic justice in recent years was Sonia Sotomayor, but by her own admission she's only "Catholic" on paper and doesn't practice the faith or go to church, which makes her as "Catholic" as Bernie Sanders is "Jewish" and Jesse Ventura is "Protestant".

[Sacajaweau]

The USSC did NOT take the case. It has to go through the lower courts first. There was no decision.

[BillyBoy]

>> Gorsuch has turned out to be surprisingly solid. <<

Yeah, because we all know the writers of the 1964 Civil Rights Act had trannies in women's restrooms in mind when they wrote the law...

[nicollo]

yep!