T-Shirt Company Sued

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(11-01-2019, 04:17 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Seems you are just trying to squirm around the issue by using the term "message".

A business should not be treated differently from another business just because their business involves t-shirts instead renting speakers.  Why should a Christian be forced to rent speakers for a Pride Festival but the t-shirt maker not be forced to make the t-shirts?

If you have to discriminate based on your religious beliefs then you have to go into a business that does not involve "messages".

I'm not squirming. promoting the "message" is the crux of the issue. It's why the majority wrote:
"The right of free speech does not guarantee to any person the right to use someone else's property," Kramer wrote. "In other words, the 'service' Hands On Originals offers is the promotion of messages. The 'conduct' Hands On Originals chose not to promote was pure speech."

Your example is a false equivalence as a person who buys a speaker from you they are not forcing you to use your intellectual property to promote a message for them. Your example would make sense if the owner refused to sell them blank T-Shirts for fear they would write "gay things" on them.