I once asked my mother if it would be ok for a Muslim or Jewish deli employee to refuse to sell her pork. She said they shouldn't be in that job if it conflicted with their religious beliefs. I tried to tie that to this and she sort of shut down rather than argue against it or accept it.

We don't have a relationship anymore. She voted for the shithead every time.

One of the drawbacks of the first amendment is that the courts can and will bend over backwards the moment somebody says the magic phrase "it is my sincerely held religious belief."

MS kimmy have been fighting this for over 10years, lawsuit after lawsuit, plus she likely has financialy backing from right wing groups funding her lawyers. you ponder why they havnt dropped thier pursuit, its her financial backing.

I get what you are saying and totally agree and if they are the sole decider the person in the position should be 100% neutral. And she should have resigned if they couldn't do the job. You can't expect a devout Hindu to work for a slaughterhouse and process cows.

But on the other hand we have had so many cases where employees have sued and won because an employer was trying to treat their employees equally but they hired the occasional employee demanding extra leeway for religious holidays or prayer time. So this case is pretty important for employers that provide religious exemptions.

But yeah this lady is a piece of shit and needs to lose this case and disappear from the spotlight.

Although, I’m sure that raises a different case in denying someone employment based on their religion.

Oh they would for sure sue the state over it, but it would be denying employment based on that person not perform their legal duties.

I don't think even this Court is going to grant cert. They need to save what's left of their legitimacy to rule on more important emergency docket matters.

So what you're saying is I could get myself elected sheriff and then refuse to do the job because I don't believe in it?

Supreme Court: We're public servants and we're free to enforce our religion on others.

Yes you are. Crime is legal now as long as you’re a conservative

Yes you are! The Fuhrer has decreed it.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/28/trump-federal-employees-preach-faith-work-00480696

Enter Trump

Now it is!

Christians can now. Like literally. By royal decree executive order.

we will see them be hyprocrites when people start denying CHRISTIANS any services, they will make exception to the rules.

And Clarence Thomas will gleefully vote to kill it

Clarence Thomas: this is fine, rules do not apply to me or my white wife Virginia.

Clarence cant wait to divorce ginni thomas.

An in-group that the law protects but does not bind, and an out-group that the law binds but does not protect. Conservatism in a nutshell.

this country is going to grind to a halt

In large part, it's already been on that road for a while. De-industrialization, hyper-financialization, launching a pogrom against migrants, sky high tariffs fucking up the supply chain...

This is one more bail of straw on the camel's overloaded back.

We'll just quickly end up at taxes are against my religion. All hail the Flying Spaghetti Monster!

I think you're second point is more important. The religious part of marriage is actually meaningless in the eyes of the law even today, you still need to apply for a marriage certificate with the government.

I think we just need to extend that to just be a cohabitation/shared asset contract for any two+ people. It makes a lot of legal sense to have a defined "family unit" for medical/legal/financial reasons, but it shouldn't overlap with religious concepts.

But Jesus said gays bad!

He didn't say anything about love!

Oh, wait...

But it's stress, pain and suffering for those they don't like!!

You don't understand, she was forced to undergo social contact with... shudder GAYS!

Injured parties are for legal systems that actually care about the truth.

See several of the recent Supreme Court cases with astroturf plaintiffs and made up defendants.

Because it's super easy to get the ruling you want when no one is on the other side to call bullshit on your claims.

RELEASE THE EPSTINE FILES

She has no reason to speak of morals when you look at how poorly she practices what she screeches.

Methinks she’s being funded by those organizations.

I can't wait until Clarence Thomas decides in favor of legislation that bans interracial marriages. I can't wait!

Spy magazine back in the early '90s ran a great cartoon captioned "Clarence Thomas greets the morning" which showed him on his front porch bending down to pick up the newspaper next to a negro stable boy lawn statue.