SophismaCognoscente@lemmy.worldtopolitics @lemmy.world•The Supreme Court’s Disorienting Elevation of ReligionEnglish
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1 year agoAmerica was founded on the freedom to believe in crazy things, so to a great extent I agree with you. But all rights—including speech, privacy, and religion—have limits, and these limits need to delineate the space between the competing rights of others.
If gay people have the right to marry, then a county clerk cannot have the right to deny marriage certificates to gay couples.
If people of legally protected classes have a right to conduct business without fear of discrimination, then businesses cannot have the right to refuse service to those people, for religion or any other reason.
It’s a good op ed and one with which any supporter of enlightened democracy should agree. The Supreme Court are playing fast and loose with public trust at a time when partisanship has crippled the other branches of government and polarization is dividing the country.
How can anyone respect a court that explicitly has no ethical standard?