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Behind the Aegis

(55,607 posts)
Wed Jun 29, 2022, 03:05 PM Jun 2022

Clarence Thomas wants to let anti-LGBTQ church sue because they were called a "hate group"

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has expressed interest in loosening libel and defamation laws to allow an anti-LGBTQ hate church to sue an organization that called them out as a hate group.

Thomas, who supports ending same-sex marriage in the U.S., expressed this interest in his recent dissent disagreeing with the Supreme Court’s decision not to hear the anti-LGBTQ church’s case.

He was the lone dissenter to comment on the court’s recent refusal to hear a lawsuit brought by D. James Kennedy Ministries, an evangelical Christian media company that operates the Florida-based Coral Ridge Ministries (CRM).

CRM sued the Southern Poverty Law Center (SLPC) for libelous defamation after SLPC listing CRM as a hate group. CRM said that in 2017, the online retailer Amazon cited the SLPC’s listing as a reason to block CRM from participating in its AmazonSmile program. The program lets Amazon users to donate to nonprofit organizations. (AmazonSmile has a history of allowing other anti-LGBTQ groups to fundraise through its platform.)

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Does this mean WE can start suing churches for the vile things they say about US?!

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Clarence Thomas wants to let anti-LGBTQ church sue because they were called a "hate group" (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Jun 2022 OP
Let's sue the church for lying about liberals. onecaliberal Jun 2022 #1
Of course not, this is meant as a way to ensure the dominance of the christian theocracy. Thomas Hurt Jun 2022 #2
the current definition of religious freedom pretty much allows churches rurallib Jun 2022 #3
Can we sue the churches for their hatred and bigotry? IngridsLittleAngel Jun 2022 #4

rurallib

(64,068 posts)
3. the current definition of religious freedom pretty much allows churches
Wed Jun 29, 2022, 04:43 PM
Jun 2022

to do and say about whatever they want.

 

IngridsLittleAngel

(1,962 posts)
4. Can we sue the churches for their hatred and bigotry?
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 11:46 AM
Jun 2022

Hell... Can we sue Coke Can Clarence and his fellow Extreme Court bigots for their discrimination against us?

Asking for a friend.

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