The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative-majority ruling letting certain businesses refuse to provide services for same-sex marriages could impact an array of customers beyond LGBT people, according to the court's liberal justices. But experts were divided over how far this ripple effect could spread.
A police officer patrols outside the U.S. Supreme Court as the court made their final rulings of their session on the issues of student loan forgiveness and LGBTQ rights in Washington, U.S. June 30, 2023. REUTERS/Jim Bourgletting certain businesses refuse to provide services for same-sex marriages could impact an array of customers beyond LGBT people, according to the court's liberal justices. But experts were divided over how far this ripple effect could spread.
"Colorado seeks to force an individual to speak in ways that align with its views but defy her conscience about a matter of major significance," Gorsuch wrote. Critics said that distinction between message and status was not so clear-cut and could quickly veer into targeting people instead. The ruling's rationale cannot be limited to discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity and could exclude other groups from many services, Sotomayor said.
"A payroll company may read today's opinion as license to refuse service to women-owned businesses because the business owner believes women should not work outside the home. A bookseller of religious texts may believe it can refuse to sell books to a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints because he doesn't believe it to be a legitimate religion," Weiser said.Gorsuch responded in his opinion, suggesting these concerns were, "Pure fiction all.
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