We had a heavy rain very early this morning followed by bright sun now. So far the temperatures haven been too oppressive--at least not my the standards of what has happen elsewhere. I rearranged the plants on the patio to give some a bit more sun. That gave me some ideas for planting next year. I want to arrange some more pots but that will be a project for the end of the season.
Denise Donaldson has a nice article about the 303 Creative case. She argues from the same place most of the criticism has come: that the decision of the Supreme Court has given (some) people a license to discriminate. I will make a couple of other points. First, there still has been no clear definition of what a "public accommodation" is. It was rather clear when the issue was the policy of hotels and restaurants to refuse service to blacks, Jews, and anyone else the management/owners didn't want to serve. Second, the woman who was at the center of the case had not been harmed in any way by being forced to accept orders from gay couples for an online wedding site. No one had asked for such service and she didn't even have a business set up for that. The Supreme Court totally ignored the issue of standing which the owner of 303 Creative didn't have. Third, others, some who have businesses that are better fits for "public accommodation" definitions, have already taken the decision as permission to, often rudely, discriminate. Where should the lines be drawn? Donaldson makes a good point in discussing her own work. But there is a big difference between the custom orders, which Donaldson and 303 Creative accepted, and other "services" offered by a hairdresser who posted a very rude sign refusing service to gay people.
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