On Monday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that is being framed as being about free speech but is actually a threat to civil rights. Justice Samuel Alito decided to make a joke about the Ku Klux Klan.
A Colorado website designer is challenging the state's anti- discrimination law on the grounds that it violates her free speech rights. The designer said she can't sell wedding websites because she doesn't want to serve gay couples. The case could affect the rights of the Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual community, as well as opening the door for more legalized discrimination based on race, religion, or disability.
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Justice Jackson asked a hypothetical question to make a point that a photo studio offering 1950s-style Christmas photos with Santa couldn't refuse black customers just because segregation was legal at that time.
Alito thought he had delivered a stunning checkmate to the woke libs when he suggested that allowing businesses to refuse certain clients is a good thing.
Black Santa can refuse to take a picture with a child who is dressed up in a Ku Klux Klan outfit if there is a Black Santa at the mall. Alito wanted to know.
The lawyer for Colorado said that a business could refuse a customer if they were a KKK supporter.
If the child wearing the KKK garb was black, white or any other protected characteristic, they would be allowed to refuse to be photographed.
There are a lot of Black children in Ku Klux Klan outfits. It's always all the time. He interrupted her as she was trying to make a point and asked if he was done with his routine.
There is a clip of the moment from Slate writer.
Alito decided that he was not finished. He mentioned his Black Santa example.
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