Christian wedding photographer can't be forced to work same-sex weddings, judge rules

[Behind the Aegis]

18. Legalized bigotry.

The fact that people keep getting away with this shows how deep homophobia is engrained in society, but also shows a form of privilege few wish to discuss, including some on the left, and that is systemic heterosexism. As noted above, several are asking "Why even go to someone like that?" Sure, a valid question, but a better question is "Why are such people allowed to discriminate legally?" If the photographer refused to photography "mixed marriages", be they religiously mixed or racially mixed, would people be so cavalier with their suggestions of "find someone else" or would they be outraged by the bigotry and even more outraged that it is getting a legal seal of approval? I think there are some real legal issues here, including at what point to we allow bigots to operate so freely, openly, and to what level and what, if any, recourse do affected minorities have other than "finding someone else?"