I’m not a lawyer, so I’m just thinking common sense, not technicalities about protected classes or what constitutes art.

As a general statement, we emphasize freedom of speech and freedom of thought. I personally tend to value that as a fundamental pillar, so I think it’s better to err that way. However, if the SC grants the CO website designer her right to reject gay weddings, I’d be interested to see how they can’t grant the restaurant the right to refuse to seat people they think offensive.

Which I actually hate. Like we saw with the Huckabee dust up several years back - we can’t sit in a public place with people we find objectionable anymore. Which serves to divide us ever further.

I think the lesson to restaurant servers should be - sometimes we feel offended. Assuming you or other patrons aren’t under direct attack from the offensive parties, the order of the day should be…deal with it. Our society is rapidly losing its ability to deal with simply feeling offended.

But there’s also the principle supported by all righties in the case of the web designer - her freedom to run her biz as she chooses. That could also apply to the restaurant.


[Post edited by hoolstoptheheels at 12/07/2022 11:23AM]