General Discussion
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
(131,652 posts)She runs a real business and wanted a court to declare whether the law permitted her to decline to design wedding websites for same-sex couples. Declaratory judgments are not cases based on hypothetical injury, but the desire to avoid real injury. The case was not procedurally defective; it did not rely on fake evidence. Colorado stipulated to the facts.While the motivation was most likely dodgy, supported by anti-LGTB groups or funds, the case was not hypothetical. I wish people would stop looking for procedural defects and consider the legal issue on its merits - is a business that designs web sites offering a service subject to a public accommodation law prohibiting discrimination, or is it exercising protected free speech? That's the issue; the rest is just chaff and blathering about it is a waste of hot air.