Greetings,
Please forgive me if this has been addressed before, but I have been
wondering if the Supreme Court could be working to protect both the
emerging right of same-sex couples to marry and the rights of wedding
vendors who oppose same-sex marriage on religious grounds. On one
hand, this
Many states do not have a RFRA. Discrimination by vendors cannot violate
Title VII, because it protects only those in the employment relationship.
Some states outlaw discrimination by vendors against LGBT people, but there
are very few states that do that and also have a RFRA. So these questions
Some states without RFRAs have religious exceptions written into their
gay-rights laws. These are quite varied, but on the whole, they will mostly
protect some of the religious non-profits. Few of them – maybe none of them --
will protect small business.
Pretty much all states have
Don’t some public accomodations laws reach vendors — even though employment
discrimination laws don’t? I don’t know that the federal law does, but surely
some states’ laws do.
On Oct 9, 2014, at 6:01 PM, Michael Peabody peabody...@gmail.com wrote:
Greetings,
Please forgive me if this has
The federal law of nondiscrimination in public accommodations covers hotels
and restaurants (which may be wedding vendors), but it does not outlaw
discrimination based on LGBT status, or even discrimination based on sex
(it is limited to race, color, religion, and national origin).
I believe that
One caveat to the observations both Chip and Doug have made about the
situation in the 29 states that have not extended their public
accommodations laws to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual
orientation. While one would not expect claims against wedding vendors to
arise under state law
