Illinois advocates react to SCOTUS ruling on LGBTQ rights

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Pritzker said the decision "weaponizes religious freedom as a boon for bigotry" and allowed discrimination to continue under the guise of free speech.
54% : But that's different from other businesses not engaged in speech and therefore not covered by the First Amendment, such as restaurants and hotels.
46% : For nearly three decades, the court has expanded the rights of LGBTQ people, most notably giving same-sex couples the right to marry in 2015 and announcing five years later in a decision written by Gorsuch that a landmark civil rights law also protects gay, lesbian and transgender people from employment discrimination.
46% : Bentlin said the plaintiff's invocation of the First Amendment when declining to serve same-sex couples could lead to other businesses doing the same -- to LGBTQ people as well as other minority groups who already experience discrimination frequently.
42% : It said Smith can refuse to design websites for same-sex couples, despite a Colorado law that bars discrimination based on sexual orientation, race, gender and other characteristics.
40% : BLOOMINGTON -- Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Illinois advocates for LGBTQ rights on Friday blasted the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that a Christian graphic artist who wants to design wedding websites can refuse to work with same-sex couples.
35% : Supreme Court rejects student loan plan.

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