The Supreme Court will soon hear a case - 303 Creative v. Elenis - which forces them to directly confront an issue they sidestepped in an earlier case of a wedding cake baker who refused to bake cakes for same sex weddings.
Writing at Law & Liberty blog, Notre Dame law prof Sherif Girgis makes an interesting point relative to the case.
If it’s hurtful to imply that same-sex unions aren’t marital, it’s hurtful to imply that traditional Christian—and Muslim, Jewish, and Hindu—convictions on marriage are bigoted. So free societies tolerate the expression of painful ideas. The First Amendment guards your right to speak or stay silent on their basis.
I find that equivalency persuasive in a clearly pluralistic society, which ours is to a degree greater than most. Hat tip to Power Line for the link.
