Tony, Pretty Much

Get out and vote, people. We will continue to see these small-minded, homophobic decisions unless we clean house. It will take a generation at least. I hope voters have the stamina and patience.

Then people can force cases like these back up where they can be overturned. These yahoos have established there is no such thing as precedent, anyway.

Supreme Court rules for website designer who doesn't want to serve same-sex couples-
https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/deadline-legal-blog/supreme-court-wedding-lgbtq-303-creative-rcna75876

Supreme Court rules for website designer who doesn't want to serve same-sex couples

The Supreme Court announced decision in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, in which a website designer sought to deny her services to same-sex couples.

MSNBC
Jun 30, 2023 at 3:07pmWeb
Show threadJLSigmanJun 30, 2023

@TonyStark Remember: this case is based on a complete lie. Every single Democrat should run on that.

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/jun/29/supreme-court-lgbtq-document-veracity-colorado?CMP=share_btn_tw

Key document may be fake in LGBTQ+ rights case before US supreme court

Christian website designer says she received email request from same-sex couple but ‘author’ says he did not send it – and is not gay

The Guardian
Show threadHeimdall 🏳️‍🌈Jun 30, 2023
@TonyStark So I guess it’s okay if I refuse to do business with evangelical Christians because they are ruining this country.
Show threadTony, Pretty MuchJun 30, 2023
@Heimdall The 'Supremes' opened up this can of worms. Unintended consequences are not their strong suit. So, yeah.
Show threadPirateRoJun 30, 2023

@TonyStark @Heimdall they don’t care about long-term effects. If they did, they would have let every one of these decisions stand.

Instead, they will be remembered as the fools they showed themselves to be deliberately harming the least among us.

Show threadOtownKimJun 30, 2023
@Heimdall @TonyStark I will never associate with anyone that's part of the GQP or a Church! I can't relate to Cults!
Show threadLouis IngenthronJun 30, 2023
@Heimdall @TonyStark So long as the work you want to do is expressive, and the message they want you to produce violates your values, yes, that does appear to be the case now...
Show threadJoy DenebeimJun 30, 2023
@Heimdall @TonyStark well, I've always considered the fish symbol in the yellow pages. A warning. I've never had good service. That seems like anybody who needs to say that they're Christian so that you do business with them is unlikely to be able to keep your business other ways.
Show threadHeimdall 🏳️‍🌈Jun 30, 2023
@denebeim @TonyStark I avoid a lot of things including that.
Show threadPirateRoJun 30, 2023
@Heimdall @TonyStark I can’t blame you. Fuck them.
Show threadMike McGrawJun 30, 2023
@Heimdall @TonyStark
Absolutely! Shops need a message to incoming customers: “Evangelical Christian? Take your business elsewhere!”
Show threadElisaSoCal 🌻Jun 30, 2023
@TonyStark Women’s rights, civil rights, lgbtqia rights taken away-PAY ATTENTION, get involved & get active-Vote! Have those around you get active & vote.
Show threadone non-non-blondeJun 30, 2023

@TonyStark

We can't afford to wait and have to normalize pushing for SCOTUS expansion. Vote yes, but also focus political capital on that cause because it is massively important we end the reign of these six fascist lunatics as soon as possible.

Show threadTony, Pretty MuchJun 30, 2023
@chairgirlhands Are you willing to guarantee me a 2024 Biden win and Democrats forever after that? I’m not so sure I’m as for that as an option as I was even a couple of weeks ago. And a Democratic Senate? Not so sure.
Show threadone non-non-blondeJun 30, 2023
@TonyStark you’re right, 2024 cannot be guaranteed which is why expansion needs to happen NOW.
Show threadTony, Pretty MuchJun 30, 2023

@chairgirlhands What happens if we expand now and Republicans win next year? We can’t even guarantee Republicans in the Senate now won’t block every Biden nominee. We don’t have the numbers in the Senate. We just don’t. Manchin won’t expand the court.

These fixes all sound great but unfortunately we screwed ourselves. Not just with Trump. W appointed Alito and Roberts, HW appointed Thomas.

Prevention would have been easier and smarter. No quick fixes now. Wish I were wrong.

Show threadone non-non-blondeJun 30, 2023
@TonyStark you’re wrong. We’re at 51-49 now so we can tell manchin to go fuck himself and let Kamala break the tie.
Show threadTony, Pretty MuchJun 30, 2023
@chairgirlhands You can’t just delete Manchin as much as you may hate him. I do, too. There are not 50 Dems. There are 48.
Show threadRJJun 30, 2023
@TonyStark @chairgirlhands Sadly this is true. People were warned about SCOTUS over 20 years ago. And definitely leading up to 2016. The work has to be done with the vote at the end of the day. Boring but true.
Show threadMorganaJun 30, 2023
@TonyStark Hi All, so…..,how can I as a customer, ensure that my purchasing power rewards businesses that do NOT discriminate on the basis of race, gender/sex orientation, ethnic origin, age or religion …… my own list is short dince I try to support small local and family run businesses…..
Show threadeldaviJun 30, 2023
@TonyStark you seem to be ignoring voter suppression and that's worse if not as bad as people not voting because it further encourages non-voting.
Show threadPersisterJun 30, 2023
@TonyStark just remember, if voting didn’t matter then why are fascists trying so hard to keep everyone but white straight rich Christian guys from voting? Vote like your civil rights depend on it because they do. Vote like the fufutre of the earth depends on it because it does. Vote like your life and the lives of your loved ones depend on it because they do. VOTE. #VotingMatters
Show threadArena Cops 🇺🇦✌Jun 30, 2023

@msmp @TonyStark Make sure *voter suppression* efforts are detected & legally countered/ thwarted, to be sure you *can* vote!

Support the fight against voter suppression, so no one can falsely defame willfully & intentionally suppressed voters as "nonvoters".

Voter suppression is an intentional racist violation of the Constitution's Reconstruction Amendments.

#RuleOfLaw #DefendAmerica #DefendTheConstitution #DefendDemocracy #ReconstructionAmendments #15thAmendment #14thAmendment #EqualProtectionClause #BanTheGOP #ElectoralFraud #ElectoralApartheid #VoterSuppression #Disenfranchisement #Gerrymandering

Show threadGina B FlaJun 30, 2023
@TonyStark
#VoteBlue
Show threadLaurie SJun 30, 2023
@TonyStark Vote Blue 💙🇺🇸💙
Show threadLaurie SJul 1, 2023
@TonyStark THIS! Our Constitution protects us from religious fundamentalism if we allow it to function!
Show threadjz.tuskJul 1, 2023

@loveallexcludenone @TonyStark

No matter who!!!

Seriously. Williams, Kennedy, whoever. They get the nom, they get my vote.

Not my happiest, most enthusiastic vote, but yeah, my vote.

Show threadMidwest BobJul 1, 2023
@loveallexcludenone @TonyStark Always.
Show thread@pineywoozle ‘s #3WordNoteJul 1, 2023
@TonyStark The MSNBC headline is sooooo misleading. She never designed a single website.
Show threadModelAFishJul 2, 2023
@TonyStark And come to find out, pretty much everything in the case was bogus. The person cited in the case knew nothing about it.