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In reply to the discussion: Is Supreme Court's "Gay Wedding" Case Built on a Lie? Man at Center of the Story Says He's Straight [View all]Ocelot II
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As I have tried to explain ad nauseam, the case was brought as a declaratory judgment action so the web designer would know in advance whether she was in danger violating CO's public accommodations law if she refused to design wedding web sites for same-sex couples. She neither accepted nor rejected the inquiry and it was not considered to be relevant evidence in the case; it appeared in the court files later only because it was among the business' documents and records. It was irrelevant. The case was decided entirely (and wrongly, IMO) on the legal issue of whether original web designs are expressions of free speech or a public accommodation service. That's it. Read the damn opinion. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/21-476_c185.pdf