I'm just going to mention this in passing; recently, in ruling for a plaintiff that didn't want to make wedding websites for gay couples (she doesn't have to), it turns out that the supposed request to make such a website never happened, and one of the two people supposedly in the gay couple turned out a) not be gay, 2) is married (to a woman), and 3) never made such a request.
So there was no event/incident/request that the woman bringing the case actually objected to, but the SCOTUS still took the non-existent case and ruled on it.
I know this has been remarked on before, but still -- isn't this, on some level, fraud?
Man cited in Supreme Court LGBTQ rights case says he was never involved
The man says he has been married to a woman for 15 years and never asked for services from a Christian website designer
This somewhat explains it."But the high court didn’t require that Smith had received a real request from “Stewart & Mike” or anyone else. Smith filed a “pre-enforcement challenge” to the Colorado statute because state would have probably moved against her if she had posted a statement about her intention to refuse service to same-sex couples on her website."
Still, how can someone bring a case before the Supreme Court if there really isn't a case? It bugs me, but hey, this Supreme Court bugs me, all going back to Mitch McConnell stealing two seats from Democratic Presidents to get to its current skewed alignment.
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