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It’s not really a “hot take” since this is the main reason why the web designer filed the lawsuit to being with lol. But I understand what you’re saying.

spondylosaurus 3y ago
Not only that, the web designer initially filed the suit in anticipation that maybe, one day a gay couple would ask for her services... and then the specific gay couple who she eventually denied services to doesn't seem to exist at all. https://newrepublic.com/article/173987/mysterious-case-fake-gay-marriage-website-real-straight-man-supreme-court https://newrepublic.com/article/173987/mysterious-case-fake-... > Maybe it should not be a surprise, though, that this strange fake “request” popped up in a case in which the plaintiff’s main argument rested on the claim that someday, out there, a same-sex couple would want her to design a wedding website. The closest thing Smith had to an actual inquiry—the nonwedding of Stewart and Mike—arrived within 24 hours of her having filed a suit in which said inquiry would be potentially a helpful piece of supporting evidence. The inquiry floats through the filings only later, and still it remains. Despite the district court raising doubts about it representing a genuine inquiry from two men getting married—and the court didn’t even raise the real doubt that the couple does not exist—it is now part of the case history, a bit of fan fiction joining the other phantom gays the case invokes. ADF made no mention of Stewart and Mike specifically in their arguments before the Supreme Court this session, but they don’t need to: Their entire case, after all, is built around the idea of gay people doing something that they have not yet done, nor ever will do.
- bluepod4 3y ago
  Yes! The “maybe, one day” thing threw me for a loop. I was sort of hoping that maybe she was planning on running for office and wanted to get some votes. But nope, not even that. All this over some hypotheticals lol.
olliej 3y ago
The "web designer" filed a fraudulent law suit.

spondylosaurus 3y ago

Not only that, the web designer initially filed the suit in anticipation that maybe, one day a gay couple would ask for her services... and then the specific gay couple who she eventually denied services to doesn't seem to exist at all. https://newrepublic.com/article/173987/mysterious-case-fake-gay-marriage-website-real-straight-man-supreme-court https://newrepublic.com/article/173987/mysterious-case-fake-... > Maybe it should not be a surprise, though, that this strange fake “request” popped up in a case in which the plaintiff’s main argument rested on the claim that someday, out there, a same-sex couple would want her to design a wedding website. The closest thing Smith had to an actual inquiry—the nonwedding of Stewart and Mike—arrived within 24 hours of her having filed a suit in which said inquiry would be potentially a helpful piece of supporting evidence. The inquiry floats through the filings only later, and still it remains. Despite the district court raising doubts about it representing a genuine inquiry from two men getting married—and the court didn’t even raise the real doubt that the couple does not exist—it is now part of the case history, a bit of fan fiction joining the other phantom gays the case invokes. ADF made no mention of Stewart and Mike specifically in their arguments before the Supreme Court this session, but they don’t need to: Their entire case, after all, is built around the idea of gay people doing something that they have not yet done, nor ever will do.

bluepod4 3y ago
Yes! The “maybe, one day” thing threw me for a loop. I was sort of hoping that maybe she was planning on running for office and wanted to get some votes. But nope, not even that. All this over some hypotheticals lol.

olliej 3y ago

The "web designer" filed a fraudulent law suit.