In the ruling (read ithere), the court was split 6-3 along ideological lines.
But tolerance, not coercion, is our Nations answer.
New forms of inclusion have been met with reactionary exclusion.
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Sadly, it is also familiar.
When the civil rights and womens rights movements sought equality in public life, some public establishments refused.
Some even claimed, based on sincere religious beliefs, constitutional rights to discriminate.
The brave Justices who once sat on this Court decisively rejected those claims.
Our Constitution contains no right to refuse service to a disfavored group.
And the Tenth Circuit has recognized her services involve pure speech.
The decision was not a surprise, given the questions that justices posed in oral arguments.
The decision threatens to balkanize the market and to allow the exclusion of other groups from many services.
A large retail store could reserve its family portrait services for traditional families.
