Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
Editorials & Other Articles
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: The supreme court is destabilizing to the nation. [View all]ancianita
(43,308 posts)31. EXACTLY. Take the ruling that allows excluding LGBTQ+ business from a wedding website offer.
That SCOTUS ruling privileges prejudice against the immutable characteristics of Americans under cover of contract law capitalism.
What if this ruling starts being applied by landlords refusing to rent to single women, or to Black Americans, or to Jewish people. What if it starts being applied by grocery stores refusing to sell to certain people? Will they all have to post signs beyond "no shirt, no shoes, no service?" How does that affect the public? Assuming you're a white christian heterosexual male, or white christian married woman, that's not your problem, so anyone who wins some patriarchal birth lottery doesn't have to care? This ruling opens the door for some pretty awful destabilizing of what were formerly diverse communities and "a more perfect union."
This SCOTUS, full of conservative justices who for years and years can't even file honest financial disclosure forms, is disqualified from defining which Americans can accept public contract offers.
In the public world of commerce, longstanding social prejudices against immutable human characteristics should never be legally acceptable under cover of religious beliefs.
What if this ruling starts being applied by landlords refusing to rent to single women, or to Black Americans, or to Jewish people. What if it starts being applied by grocery stores refusing to sell to certain people? Will they all have to post signs beyond "no shirt, no shoes, no service?" How does that affect the public? Assuming you're a white christian heterosexual male, or white christian married woman, that's not your problem, so anyone who wins some patriarchal birth lottery doesn't have to care? This ruling opens the door for some pretty awful destabilizing of what were formerly diverse communities and "a more perfect union."
This SCOTUS, full of conservative justices who for years and years can't even file honest financial disclosure forms, is disqualified from defining which Americans can accept public contract offers.
In the public world of commerce, longstanding social prejudices against immutable human characteristics should never be legally acceptable under cover of religious beliefs.
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
Recommendations
0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):
39 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
"Those who make peaceful change impossible, make violent revolution inevitable."
roamer65
Jun 2023
#2
And the destruction of the administrative state is THE federalist/libertarian goal.
Marcus IM
Jun 2023
#6
They proved it in their ruling for the hypothetical damage done to a woman who claimed her
ancianita
Jun 2023
#29
As long as the people are nearly equally divided and we stay at each other's throats, the powerful
Chainfire
Jun 2023
#12
It's not the text of today's rulings, it is the IMPLICATIONS of many rulings
Model35mech
Jun 2023
#23
EXACTLY. Take the ruling that allows excluding LGBTQ+ business from a wedding website offer.
ancianita
Jun 2023
#31