Is Supreme Court's "Gay Wedding" Case Built on a Lie? Man at Center of the Story Says He's Straight

[Ocelot II]

50. The straight man was not at the center of the case; he wasn't even relevant.

And what would he sue for? How was he harmed? Apparently someone used his *first* name to make a fake request for information about web services (not even for a wedding web site, as it turns out), to which there was no response. As far as anyone knows it could have been a joke (not that any of us would ever answer a question on the internet with a fake name or email address, right?). The request was determined to be irrelevant, and the case proceeded on stipulated facts and on the legal issue of whether the actual plaintiff's free speech rights overrode her obligation to comply with Colorado's public accommodation law which prohibits discrimination by businesses who offer services to the general public. The man's identity wasn't known until an AP reporter found a record of the fake and irrelevant web services request. He was never a plaintiff and he has no reason to be a plaintiff because he suffered no demonstrable harm. The fake request was not considered or addressed at all by the Supreme Court in deciding the case or dissenting.