Clarence Thomas wants to let anti-LGBTQ church sue because they were called a "hate group"

[Behind the Aegis]

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has expressed interest in loosening libel and defamation laws to allow an anti-LGBTQ hate church to sue an organization that called them out as a hate group.

Thomas, who supports ending same-sex marriage in the U.S., expressed this interest in his recent dissent disagreeing with the Supreme Court’s decision not to hear the anti-LGBTQ church’s case.

He was the lone dissenter to comment on the court’s recent refusal to hear a lawsuit brought by D. James Kennedy Ministries, an evangelical Christian media company that operates the Florida-based Coral Ridge Ministries (CRM).

CRM sued the Southern Poverty Law Center (SLPC) for libelous defamation after SLPC listing CRM as a hate group. CRM said that in 2017, the online retailer Amazon cited the SLPC’s listing as a reason to block CRM from participating in its AmazonSmile program. The program lets Amazon users to donate to nonprofit organizations. (AmazonSmile has a history of allowing other anti-LGBTQ groups to fundraise through its platform.)

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Does this mean WE can start suing churches for the vile things they say about US?!

[onecaliberal]

1. Let's sue the church for lying about liberals.

[Thomas Hurt]

2. Of course not, this is meant as a way to ensure the dominance of the christian theocracy.

[rurallib]

3. the current definition of religious freedom pretty much allows churches

to do and say about whatever they want.

[IngridsLittleAngel]

4. Can we sue the churches for their hatred and bigotry?

Hell... Can we sue Coke Can Clarence and his fellow Extreme Court bigots for their discrimination against us?

Asking for a friend.