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Apt comparison there...lol

(In response to this post by SixerHoo)

Posted: 06/30/2023 at 1:54PM

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How does a stoopid nothingburger dispute like this reach SCOTUS? -- WaxHoo 06/30/2023 10:59AM

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So her different beliefs are okay but a transgender person’s aren’t? ** -- SixerHoo 06/30/2023 1:25PM

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Link? -- WaxHoo 06/30/2023 11:03AM

Looks like they are drawing the battle lines on compelled speech. -- CavMan1 06/30/2023 10:54AM

When does Chick-fil-A get to stop serving chicken sandwiches to gay people? ** -- SixerHoo 06/30/2023 10:47AM

Apt comparison there...lol ** -- hoosdamayun 06/30/2023 1:54PM

How is the issue even ripe? She doesn't currently offer that service to -- Plano Hoo 06/30/2023 10:37AM

Her claim in that article is she couldnt start it -- Zhoo 06/30/2023 10:39AM

I am having a hard time wrapping my head around a speculative -- Plano Hoo 06/30/2023 10:45AM

I was just stating her reasoning for it -- Zhoo 06/30/2023 10:51AM

Maybe keep your plans to discriminate out of your business plan and license -- 111Balz 06/30/2023 10:47AM

That's my thought, just like the Texas mifepristone (sp?) case. -- Plano Hoo 06/30/2023 11:00AM

Then was her suit against the state of Colorado? ** -- Seattle .Hoo 06/30/2023 10:41AM

I have no idea how it started -- Zhoo 06/30/2023 10:49AM

This. And the thread below. Who was the injured party here? ** -- Seattle .Hoo 06/30/2023 10:38AM

Lorie Smith is the injured party ** -- Zhoo 06/30/2023 10:39AM

With an entirely theoretical injury? ** -- Seattle .Hoo 06/30/2023 10:41AM

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Generally after they have given it a go and exhausted all legal appeals. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 06/30/2023 10:45AM

This one does seem puzzling. -- Faz d. Hoo 06/30/2023 10:29AM

It sounds like they intended for the ruling to have a relatively restricted -- 111Balz 06/30/2023 10:34AM

Thats how it starts..... -- Zhoo 06/30/2023 10:38AM

Let's push this boundary in a different direction. -- Faz d. Hoo 06/30/2023 11:02AM

I think the USSC has ruled that they are a protected class ** -- Zhoo 06/30/2023 11:06AM

OK, but they're basically saying that the state isn't allowed to designate -- Faz d. Hoo 06/30/2023 10:37AM

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The KKK and serial killers aren’t protected classes. You can ignore them -- WahooMatt05 06/30/2023 10:42AM

Clearly 6 USSC members believe -- Zhoo 06/30/2023 10:52AM

Yes, you are right, I was more talking about the slippery slope -- 111Balz 06/30/2023 10:50AM

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When there is a job I don't want to take, I just over quote. -- FrankGallagher 06/30/2023 10:59AM

Thats one of the legal ways to get around things ** -- Zhoo 06/30/2023 11:08AM

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Has that happened yet? ** -- Zhoo 06/30/2023 11:56AM

IIRC correctly Harvard (and others maybe UVA) indicated they would use it ** -- FrankGallagher 06/30/2023 11:57AM

Then harvard wouldnt be part of the suit if they did that ** -- Zhoo 06/30/2023 11:59AM

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One lady wanted me to ...... -- FrankGallagher 06/30/2023 11:04AM

As Faz corrected me, this is about discriminating against protected ** -- 111Balz 06/30/2023 10:45AM

Protected class is the key. I can discriminate against anyone -- WahooMatt05 06/30/2023 10:44AM

Maybe all the additional letters confused them ........... ** -- FrankGallagher 06/30/2023 10:50AM

It’s still not a constitutionally protected class, just FYI. -- WahooRQ 06/30/2023 10:49AM

You keep anti-discrimination laws simple/elegant. You don't start -- Hoo TV 06/30/2023 10:38AM

Being a KKK member is not a protected class, according to CO law. -- Faz d. Hoo 06/30/2023 10:35AM

I haven’t read the decision yet, but my guess is there are clear -- WahooRQ 06/30/2023 10:43AM

Yes, you’re right and I almost changed my examples because of that. See my -- 111Balz 06/30/2023 10:36AM

Would said person have won the case -- Zhoo 06/30/2023 10:33AM

The real issue here -- Fuzzy Dunlop 06/30/2023 10:36AM

Her claim is that the current laws didnt allow her to -- Zhoo 06/30/2023 10:41AM

I’m not disagreeing with you ** -- 111Balz 06/30/2023 10:34AM

That sucks. chalk one up for the rednecks ** -- CAVern 06/30/2023 10:20AM

Don't you just love legalized discrimination? ** -- Seattle .Hoo 06/30/2023 10:16AM

It just resonates with some ** -- Hoo TV 06/30/2023 10:27AM

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That is one sick court. Blind to discrimination. Blind to bigots. -- Lazarus 06/30/2023 10:18AM

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