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Businesses can discriminate against their customers? Alright then... (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by minimar@lemmy.world to c/maliciouscompliance@lemmy.world

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[–] bric@lemm.ee 35 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Not any reason though, the case didn't change any of the protected classes like sex, religion, or sexual orientation. It just made it so a company can choose what "expressive work" they want to do, especially websites. So it's legal to say you don't want to make someone a custom website if you disagree with the contents of the website (ie a website that supports gay marriage), but it's still illegal to refuse to make someone a website because the customer is gay. You can choose what you make, but you can't choose who you sell it to

[–] Cornfed@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Important distinction.

[–] Zyansheep@vlemmy.net 13 points 1 year ago

Very important distinction.

It'd be pretty bad if hotels or restaurants started restricting access based on sex or race!

[–] SpaceToast@mander.xyz 11 points 1 year ago

It’s a huge difference and nobody seems to understand it.

[–] ramblechat@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

But I can see this embolden racists / homophobes. They are generally dumb, and will probably refuse to serve people citing this decision and will either end up in court or get away with it.