What the Supreme Court’s gay wedding website ruling means for LGBTQ rights
Legal experts have mixed opinions, but most of them say that the answer, at least for the majority of businesses, is no – at least for now.
Justice Neil Gorsuch, who wrote the majority opinion, noted repeatedly that the case, 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, centered on a very specific type of speech. The website designer’s business provided “expressive,” individualized services and involved “pure speech,” meaning literal written words. However, many businesses provide expressive services, legal experts said.