The White House said that the Biden administration thinks the government should be permitted to compel corporations to convey views with which they disapprove.
A reporter at the White House news conference asked media secretary Karine Jean-Pierre about 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, which is the case that the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for. The dispute is about whether regulations requiring artists to violate their religious views violate the First Amendment.
Jean-Pierre first argued that the Biden administration supported both free expression and anti-discrimination. She then went on to endorse government-mandated speech.
“The government believes that every individual, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, or who they love,” she continued, “should have equal access to society, including access to services and products on the same grounds as other members of the public.”
Then, citing the Justice Department’s belief that “non-discrimination public accommodation laws have coexisted with the 1st Amendment,” she asserted, “We can require companies open to the public to service people, no matter what their backgrounds are, even if that means businesses have to engage in speech with which they disagree.”
“There is no need to upset this equilibrium right now,” Jean-Pierre continued.
The final statement implies that the Biden administration wants the Supreme Court to rule against the Colorado website developer who is seeking First Amendment protection for her religious expression.
However, there is no balance between public accommodation regulations and First Amendment safeguards in Colorado, at least.
This is the second lawsuit from Colorado to reach the Supreme Court on the matter. The Supreme Court voted 7-2 in favor of cake maker Jack Phillips in the first case. However, the judgement was restricted and did not directly address the wider issues surrounding public accommodation regulations. The current case before the court will probably give an answer.
In any case, the First Amendment’s free exercise and establishment provisions typically protect Americans from government intervention in their religious freedom expressions. Only narrow exceptions are permitted by the Supreme Court.
If the court’s decision in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis is any indicator, Colorado’s public accommodations legislation and others like it will be struck down.
Destroying the bill of rights, one ammendment at a time!
What more proof that President Biden, and his administration are totally UnAmerican, then going against freedom of religion?! He has broken so many oaths of office, any clear minded person that holds office would/should call for impeachment!
Absolutely!! So why hasnt anyone done just that????
You have to consider that being from Ireland and being raised Catholic that just like Nancy D’Alesandro-Pelosi it is amazing they have not yet been excommunicated by the Church.
I agree! What is the Catholic Church waiting for? How much more anti-Catholic does Biden need to get?
YES DEMOCRATS ARE AGAINST ANYTHING DECENT. IT IS TIME AMERICANS WAKE UP TO THIS CHARADE.
BIDEN THINKS HE CAN DO AS HE PLEASES, NO MATTER WHAT. BUT IT IS TIME THAT CITIZENS PUT A STOP TO THIS INSANE GUY. IF IT IS NOT BLACK, LGBTQ, BIDEN IS
Exactly!
The Lunatics tried that with that baker that specializes in designing and baking cakes for special occasions a few years back after making the rounds through the court system the SCOTUS I believe justly found in favor of the bakery shop, it is not a matter of the ideology of the customer but that of the service provider that needs to be protected.
That would be like me who detests all Liberals from ever being able to purchase any product I turned out, service I provide or being employed by me all of which I wholeheartedly disapprove of.
If there weren’t any other bakers or web designers, that people could go to, to get what they want, it would be different, but there are, and they are finding people that will stand up for their principles, and then deliberately trying to force them into serving them so they can take them to court.
In the case of the baker, he specifically said, I will bake a cake for anyone and I won’t discriminate, but I will not bake a cake for any occasion that goes against my beliefs. I think that is very fair but of course it’s not ever gonna be good enough for the woke crowd
BTW The Colorado baker also said he wouldn’t bake a cake for Halloween, which I think proves that what he said about any occasion is a sincere belief
I like this comment of hiring help only if they tkink like I do, The “democrat” way. Isn’t it. Suppress ” free thinking”