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Feb 2023
34m 11s

Weddings, Websites, and Forced Speech

ROMAN MARS
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It’s been established law that it is wrong for businesses to discriminate against customers because of their race or ethnic background, but what if a business owner refuses to serve someone because of their sexual orientation? And what if that business owner asserts that serving a gay customer violates their first amendment rights?

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