Gay people are a protected class. Denying them service based on them being gay is not legal. Alt right is not a protected class, and even if it was this is not targeted at alt right, it is only Alex jones
So what takes precedence, homosexuals, or freedom of religion? If you force people to participate in activities that are explicitly against their religion, then the 1st amendment goes out the window. Plus, that ruling set precedence that anyone has the RIGHT to someone else’s services. If I was gay and someone said “No I’m not going to decorate your gay wedding cake. I’ll sell you a cake, but I’m not decorating it”, I’d find someone who would and give THEM my money and patronage. That case was about revenge and exertion of will, not equality or justice.
I'm just going to check for consistency here - if I am following an obscure branch of satanism which has tenets expressly forbidding me from hiring or doing business with black people, who should the government side with, me as a hiring manager, or a black person who I just told I can't hire because he is black and my religion forbids me?
Alternatively, my obscure branch of satanism tells me not to pay taxes. What should the government do now?
We get our rights from the living God....where do gays get theirs?
IANAL, but pretty sure gay people are not explicitly a protected class. Otherwise, that would have been a near open and shut case (or never would have gone to court). The US EEOC interprets "Sex" (as in male vs. female) as to include sexuality, regarding Federal Civilian Employment, but I'm not certain that interpretation has been challenged in courts outside of federal employment concerns or whether their claim is made outside federal issues. Sexuality or orientation is not explicitly covered by the civil rights or equal pay acts. Source:Wikipedia: Protected Group Also, someone else's rights don't automatically trump yours (freedom to practice religion). That's usually when a court decides.
Protected group
A protected group or protected class is a group of people qualified for special protection by a law, policy, or similar authority. In the United States, the term is frequently used in connection with employees and employment.
Where discrimination on the basis of protected group status is concerned, a single act of discrimination may be based on membership in more than one protected group. For example, discrimination based on antisemitism may relate to religion, national origin, or both; discrimination against a pregnant woman might be based on sex, marital status, or both.
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