CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MAY 22, 2023
THE SUPREME COURT IS NEARING THE END OF ITS LATEST TERM, AS USUAL SAVING SOME OF THE MOST CONTENTIOUS RULINGS TO THE END.
ONE CASE RE-VISITS WHETHER COLLEGES – PUBLIC AND PRIVATE – CAN USE RACE WHEN CONSIDERING WHICH STUDENTS TO ADMIT. IN 1978 THE COURT RULED AFFIRMATIVE ACTION CONSTITUIONAL, BUT NOW WITH A CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY THEY MIGHT OVERTURN THAT DECISION, AS THEY DID WITH ROE.
THE SECOND CASE IS MORE COMPLICATED AND PITS GAY RIGHTS AGAINST FREE SPEECH. IT INVOLVES THE STATE OF COLORADO, WHICH HAS A LAW PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION, BUT A WEBSITE DESIGN COMPANY ASSERTS A FEDERAL FREE SPEECH RIGHT TO REFUSE COMMISSIONS RELATED TO SAME-SEX WEDDINGS. IN THE 1960S, THE COURT REJECTED RELIGIOUS BELIEF IN RACIAL SEGREGATION AS GROUNDS FOR EXEMPTION FROM COMPLYING WITH CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS.
SOME JUSTICES HAVE SAID THE LAW SHOULD RESPECT THOSE WHO REFUSE COMPLICITY IN SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BECAUSE THEY ADHERE TO A TRADITIONAL RELIGIOUS VIEW THAT ONLY HETEROSEXUALS CAN MARRY. AND SO THE CULTURE WAR AND THE WAR AGAINST WHAT GOD SAYS CONTINUES. I’M CAL THOMAS.
