{"id":514614,"date":"2022-11-23T04:25:58","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T01:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/truce-in-sight-on-same-sex-marriage-and-dissent\/"},"modified":"2022-11-23T04:25:58","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T01:25:58","slug":"truce-in-sight-on-same-sex-marriage-and-dissent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/truce-in-sight-on-same-sex-marriage-and-dissent\/","title":{"rendered":"#Truce in sight on same-sex-marriage and dissent"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3caca93fd12\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3caca93fd12\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/truce-in-sight-on-same-sex-marriage-and-dissent\/#%E2%80%9CTruce_in_sight_on_same-sex-marriage_and_dissent%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Truce in sight on same-sex-marriage and dissent&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CTruce_in_sight_on_same-sex-marriage_and_dissent%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Truce in sight on same-sex-marriage and dissent&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/author-betsy-mccaughey.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Betsy McCaughey\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/author-betsy-mccaughey.png?w=152 152w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/author-betsy-mccaughey.png?w=114 114w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/author-betsy-mccaughey.png?w=76 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/author-betsy-mccaughey.png?w=38 38w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/author-betsy-mccaughey.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>America could finally be on its way to hammering out a truce between same-sex-marriage advocates and religious opponents. It\u2019s a tall order.<\/p>\n<p>Congress is the architect of one part of the truce. The Senate is advancing a bill, with bipartisan support, to ensure a same-sex couple\u2019s marital status and benefits will be secure in all 50 states. The goal is to get it signed into law before Congress adjourns this year.<\/p>\n<p>The US Supreme Court, meanwhile, will <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/DocketPDF\/21\/21-476\/193619\/20210924115918275_USSC%20Petition%20for%20Writ%20of%20Certiorari.pdf\">hear a case Dec. 8 about Colorado website designer Lorie Smith<\/a>, who wants to customize sites celebrating weddings but not same-sex weddings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Colorado law requires businesses to serve all customers, regardless of race, ethnicity or sexual orientation. Smith is fine with that. She says she has never turned away gay or lesbian customers. But she draws the line at creating websites for same-sex marriage. Smith wants to post a sign saying she will design sites only for marriages between one man and one woman, consistent with the Bible\u2019s teachings.<\/p>\n<p>The Colorado Civil Rights Commission says, \u201cNo\u201d: The sign would be hurtful to the gay community. If Smith wants to make wedding sites, she must make same-sex wedding websites too. That\u2019s like ordering a store that makes Christmas ornaments to make Hanukkah ornaments too. Or a Muslim catering hall to serve pork chops.<\/p>\n<p>Smith is suing for the right to post her sign. When she lost in the lower courts, dissenting Judge Timothy Tymkovich reflected, \u201cWe have moved from \u2018live and let live\u2019 to \u2018you can\u2019t say that.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/masterpiece-cakeshop.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Smith's case has similarities to 2018's  Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, where the court ruled in favor of baker Jack Phillips.\" class=\"wp-image-24757449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/masterpiece-cakeshop.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/masterpiece-cakeshop.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/masterpiece-cakeshop.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Smith\u2019s case has similarities to 2018\u2019s Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, where the court ruled in favor of baker Jack Phillips.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS\/Rick Wilking\/File Photo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sound familiar? In 2018, the Supreme Court ruled on a similar case, Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. Owner Jack Phillips said his religion prevented him from designing cakes that celebrate same-sex marriages. The court ruled 7 to 2 for Phillips, arguing that Colorado had taken a mocking, dismissive attitude toward his religion.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Even so, the Masterpiece ruling was no masterpiece of legal reasoning, which is why the court is now considering Smith\u2019s battle.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado authorities\u2019 attitude toward the religious is still \u201cLet them eat cake.\u201d Their <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roach smacks of intolerance.<\/p>\n<p>Smith\u2019s attorneys object to the coercion and \u201charassing litigation\u201d that LGBTQ advocates are using to target religious believers not just in Colorado but all across the country: A pro-life photographer is sued for refusing to make promotional photos for Planned Parenthood; a family farm is ousted from a farmers\u2019 market for posting Catholic beliefs about marriage on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>LGBTQ advocates have been strong-arming devout business owners and bringing a torrent of lawsuits against them. Smith\u2019s lawyers are urging the court to end this \u201ctoxic legal environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some lawsuits look like setups, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-christian-baker-who-said-no-11616452331\">suggests The Wall Street Journal\u2019s William McGurn<\/a>. The same day Phillips won his victory in the Supreme Court, a transgender woman ordered a custom cake from his store, to celebrate transitioning from male to female. When Phillips refused, she sued him. What are the chances she went to Masterpiece Cakeshop randomly?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat she really wants,\u201d wrote McGurn, \u201cis not a cake.\u201d She wants to force Phillips to endorse ideas he doesn\u2019t believe or force him out of business if he won\u2019t.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/lorrie-smith-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Smith's lawyers are asking the Supreme Court to end the \u201ctoxic legal environment&quot; where LGBTQ activists bring lawsuits against business owners.\" class=\"wp-image-24757468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/lorrie-smith-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/lorrie-smith-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/lorrie-smith-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Smith\u2019s lawyers are asking the Supreme Court to end the \u201ctoxic legal environment\u201d where LGBTQ activists bring lawsuits against business owners.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/David Zalubowski<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Weighing in on Smith\u2019s case, the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/DocketPDF\/21\/21-476\/233992\/20220819114720388_21-476%20303%20Creative%20v%20Elenis%20et%20al%20Amicus%20Brief.pdf\">American Civil Liberties Union\u00a0asks<\/a> if architecture, photography and other creative businesses can post signs saying, \u201cWe Do Not Serve Blacks, Gays, or Muslims.\u201d It\u2019s obvious signs like that would be abhorrent and unconstitutional. Smith\u2019s sign does not exclude any group, only a type of product that is inconsistent with her faith.<\/p>\n<p>Smith\u2019s lawyers are imploring the court to \u201charmonize\u201d the rights in conflict here \u2014 Americans\u2019 longstanding right to free speech and the LGBTQ community\u2019s right to equal treatment. Harmonize is the right approach.<\/p>\n<p>In our pluralistic society, neither side can win entirely, leaving the other side with no rights and no voice.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Tymkovich said our only choice is to take a \u201clive and let live\u201d approach. Expect a majority of the justices to agree.<\/p>\n<p><em>Betsy McCaughey is a former lieutenant governor of New York.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Twitter: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Betsy_McCaughey\">@Betsy_McCaughey<\/a><\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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