In most of the mainstream media coverage of the recent Supreme Court decision allowing a person who has never been asked to design a website for a gay couple to refuse to design a website for a gay couple, an obvious corollary to the court’s ruling is never mentioned.
If I can refuse services to a gay couple out of a sincere religious objection to gay marriage, why can’t I refuse services to an interracial couple out of sincere religious objections? There is absolutely no rational distinction, and lets put aside any claim that no one has such sincere religious objections, because what was manufactured in the case just decided, can be manufactured again.
It may be that as the fascists continue their assault on democracy and equality, they will exempt interracial marriage from the assault, at least temporarily, to spare Clarence Thomas, their willing tool, from having to come up with a reason why it’s okay to discriminate against everyone else, but not okay to discriminate against him. I’m sure he could come up with some distinction without a difference, though it would be interesting to see if the other fascists on the court go along with him.
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