I defend free speech, even the shitty speech by bigoted assholes, but violating a person’s civil rights is not protected by free speech.
Once you cross the line into preventing someone from doing a thing just because of who they are, that’s no longer speech but action. And of course the rights of business owners to serve who they want to is a grey area, but that’s what we have the courts for. Unfortunately, the current SCOTUS is so heavily politicized that it seems unable to adjudicate these issues impartially.
I defend free speech, even the shitty speech by bigoted assholes, but violating a person’s civil rights is not protected by free speech.
Once you cross the line into preventing someone from doing a thing just because of who they are, that’s no longer speech but action. And of course the rights of business owners to serve who they want to is a grey area, but that’s what we have the courts for. Unfortunately, the current SCOTUS is so heavily politicized that it seems unable to adjudicate these issues impartially.