The Internet Responds To Supreme Court's Colorado Baker Ruling

While today's ruling from the U.S.Supreme Court was disheartening to say the least, the good news is that the opinion as written by Justice Anthony Kennedy reaffirms our “dignity and worth" in an open marketplace.

While the court sided in a narrow ruling that Colorado's Civil Rights Commission handled their decision against baker Jack Phillips in a sloppy manner, it did not set precedent for "legal discrimination" against LGBTs.

Plus, there was a lot of support out there on the interwebs for our community.

Take a look:

I’m gay and agree with the #SCOTUS ruling. Masterpiece Cakeshop shouldn’t be forced to hide their disdain for LGBT monogamy. They should be subject to whatever scrutiny their *opinion* of it warrants. I want to know who disagrees with my lifestyle so I don’t give them my business

— Richard Armande Mills (RAM) (@RAMRANTS) June 4, 2018

Jack Phillips insists he will serve gay people, just now weddings. Who wants to place some orders for Pride flag cupcakes? Ya know, just to see.

— Jeremy Hooper (@goodasyou) June 4, 2018

While #MasterpieceCakeShop is a ruling on *procedure*, not the legality of discrimination, I need the Supreme Court to remember something for future cases:

People CHOOSE to be religious.
People are BORN gay.

Try to keep up...#SCOTUS

— D. Russo (@DRusso97) June 4, 2018

Anyone who claims to love or respect LGBTQ human beings, and votes Republicans in upcoming elections—might as well also bring rocks for their stonings. #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #MasterpieceCakeshop #PrideMonth #VoteCommonGood pic.twitter.com/H5FB0ZQA2X

— John Pavlovitz (@johnpavlovitz) June 4, 2018

Remember everyone, if you have a "sincerely held religious belief" against someone wearing a MAGA hat, you no longer have to provide service to them.

Anyone who has a problem with that should be against the Supreme Court's ruling today. It works both ways.

#SCOTUS

— Nick Jack Pappas (@Pappiness) June 4, 2018

The Supreme Court has made a gross mistake in issuing the Masterpiece Cakeshop decision by, once again, hiding clear discrimination behind a veil of "sincerely held religious beliefs." As a country, we have to be #OpenToAll, or else we lose any hope of realizing justice.#SCOTUS

— Louis Lainé🇭🇹 (@MrLouisLaine) June 4, 2018

THREAD: Today, #SCOTUS ruled for the baker in #MasterpieceCakeshop - but the ruling reaffirms important nondiscrimination principles and underscores why federal and state lawmakers should step up for #LGBT folks.

— Ryan Thoreson (@ryanthoreson) June 4, 2018

These Rainbow Pride Flags Can Stop A Bullet

In a new video from Fondation Émergence, a gun is fired at 193 rainbow Pride flags - one for every country in the world.

Together, the flags can stop a bullet - just as when citizens of the world stand together we can stop LGBTQ violence and discrimination through the power of our togetherness.

From the video:

LGBT people around the world are still the targets of prejudice and violence.

What if we all took a stand against it?

We created this flag to show the world that together we can stop violence.

It’s made out of 193 Pride flags - one for every country in the world.

The video was created in observance of this year’s International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.

The Pride Shield exhibit will be available to different cities in the hopes of sparking a conversation about LGBTQ violence and discrimination around the world.

Get involved at PrideShield.com.

Podcast: Miami Beach Gay-Bashing; Matt Bomer In Upcoming "Anything;" Diver Tom Daley Speaks Out On LGBT Rights At Commonwealth Games

In this week's podcast:

• Miami Beach Pride gay bashing

• Sen. Cory Booker calls out Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo on LGBT rights

• Newly-elected Alabama Sen. Doug Jones became the latest co-sponsor of The Equality Act citing his son Carson’s coming out as affecting his view on LGBTQ rights

• Out UK diverTom Daley speaks out against Commonwealth anti-gay laws

• Matt Bomer’s casting in upcoming film trans-oriented ANYTHING gets boos from transgender community

• And the latest political parody from Randy Rainbow - “You Can’t Stop His Tweets”

All that and more in this episode of The Randy Report.