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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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[–] bruz@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That kind of discrimination is generally illegal, even after the recent supreme court case.

What the ruling says is that some kinds of business, such as designing a website, decorating a cake, or writing a song, for example, are considered speech. In those cases the right of the designer/decorator/songwriter to control their speech takes precedence.

However, this doesn't mean you can kick someone out of your restaurant for being Jewish or refuse to make a non-marriage related website because a client is gay. It's only cases where speech is involved.