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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am gay and I do not want to live in a country where people are subject to compelled speech or expression.

Remember, this can work both ways. If governments have power to compel speech, they will have that power no matter who is in charge. Anyone who disagrees with the court decision should remember this if and when conservatives are in power.

If you are a publisher, should you be forced to publish nazi propaganda? Of course not. Not just because nazi propaganda is wrong, but also because you as a human have a right to freedom of expression and that includes the right to be free from compelled speech. [/quote]

I'm straight, but I agree with you.

The ruling also means that a gay artist or vendor need not be compelled to produce an anti-LGBTQ product.  A woman who is pro-choice need not create a product that is blatantly pro-life.  A minority does not need to produce a product that is racist.

Although these are all protected classes, it allows vendors to decide who to take as clients and allow the artists to avoid producing materials that they disagree with.  So, if a gay baker does not want to create a wedding cake for an anti-LGBTQ legislator's adult cihld, they don't have to.  If a woman-owned advertising company does not want to accept a pro-life client to hawk their anti-abortion message, they don't have to.  If a Latino printer does not want to print anti-immigrant materials, they don't have to.

The decision is currently only viewed in the most bigoted way, but the language of the ruling goes both ways.  It will allow minorities to also give a First Amendment argument to decline requests from individuals or organizations that are trying to promote messages that they disagree with.[/quote]

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