As Twitchy has reported, the Supreme Court is tackling the case of a web designer who refused to develop a custom website for a same-sex wedding. Her defense calls it compelled speech — she’d be making from scratch a product to celebrate something in opposition to her religious faith. Justice Neil Gorsuch brought up the example of Colorado baker Jack Phillips, who “had to go through a reeducation program” after he refused to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding.
Meanwhile, in Virginia, a restaurant canceled a Christian group’s dinner party at the last minute after LGBTQ staffers refused to work the event. The restaurant put out a statement saying that “it was a group of donors to a political organization that seeks to deprive women and LGBTQ+ persons of their basic human rights in Virginia.”
Further, “We have always refused service to anyone for making our staff uncomfortable or unsafe.”
You can refuse service because a few staffers felt uncomfortable?
Richmond, Virginia restaurant Metzger Bar and Butchery canceled a Christian ministry’s private party just 90 minutes before it was scheduled to start because LGBT staff members refused to provide service for the event. pic.twitter.com/qb8Jsi5DQ0
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) December 5, 2022
I sure hope they enjoy their LAST Holiday as a successful business, I’m sure there aren’t enough LGBTQ+ patrons who n the area to support such a business.
— Vault Boy (@VaultBoy67) December 5, 2022
Thanks. I will not be back. I don't feel "safe" especially when my food is handled behind closed doors.
— Steven Arnold (@stevecaymanbrac) December 5, 2022
Bake the cake
— Peter Bilt (@PeterBilt40) December 5, 2022
If the right to free association was total, I’d have no problem with this. It would be a great way of knowing which businesses I’d choose not to frequent and which I’d choose to use.
— Adam Barr (@RevAdamTBarr) December 5, 2022
And they have every right to do it (providing they're not in some sort of breach of contract for breaking a deal at the last minute)
And the Christian bakers and photographers have every right to refuse service too.
This isn't difficult.
— Pounce de León (@RightAllTheTime) December 5, 2022
Man can you imagine if it was Christian workers refusing to serve LGBT people?
— the3puttKing (@The3puttK) December 5, 2022
Brittanny Evan Anderson @grittybritty is the chef at @MetzgerRVA. A reality TV personality on Top Chef. No doubt this hateful bigoted move was done for publicity. The true LGBT community hangs their heads. You folks are working hard to bring back what GenX fought so hard against.
— Misty (@Itsraining2) December 5, 2022
What about the rights of the Christians to have their beliefs?
— Dick Deplorable (@_DickDeplorable) December 5, 2022
Go woke, go broke. They'll be out of business before too long.
— BilboOfTheShire (@b1lb0_sh1re) December 5, 2022
I guess the “inclusivity” portion of their statement means they only include who they deem worthy. The double standards of these people are astonishing.
— D*How*1911 (@DarrenH1911) December 5, 2022
They could have cancelled it with enough time to reschedule somewhere else. They knew what they were doing.
— John Doe (@JohnDoeNPC) December 5, 2022
We assume the group had a contract of some sort to book the facility.
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Related:
Neil Gorsuch cleverly teases out the truth about what Colorado did to Christian baker Jack Phillips https://t.co/Z5wK483IZY
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) December 5, 2022
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