Whole Foods argues it can ban BLM masks because the Supreme Court let a Christian business owner refuse same-sex couples - eviltoast
Amazon is the most prominent company to use the high courtā€™s June ruling that a Christian web designer was free to refuse to design sites for gay weddings.

Amazon.comā€™s Whole Foods Market doesnā€™t want to be forced to let workers wear ā€œBlack Lives Matterā€ masks and is pointing to the recent US Supreme Court ruling permitting a business owner to refuse services to same-sex couples to get federal regulators to back off.

National Labor Relations Board prosecutors have accused the grocer of stifling worker rights by banning staff from wearing BLM masks or pins on the job. The company countered in a filing that its own rights are being violated if itā€™s forced to allow BLM slogans to be worn with Whole Foods uniforms.

Amazon is the most prominent company to use the high courtā€™s June ruling that a Christian web designer was free to refuse to design sites for gay weddings, saying the case ā€œprovides a clear roadmapā€ to throw out the NLRBā€™s complaint.

The dispute is one of several in which labor board officials are considering what counts as legally-protected, work-related communication and activism on the job.

  • JasSmith
    -20ā€¢10 months ago

    But if I canā€™t wear my rainbow onesie to work itā€™s literally genocide.

      • @scottywh@lemmy.world
        14ā€¢10 months ago

        I think thereā€™s a difference between not seeing sarcasm and not finding it amusing (particularly in certain circumstances).

      • Blake [he/him]
        11ā€¢10 months ago

        Everyone knows theyā€™re being sarcastic, but we also live in a world where itā€™s a crime punishable by death to be LGBTQ+, where mentioning the topic in public is a crime and there are US politicians who have literally called for genocide against LGBTQ+ people, so itā€™s just a shitty thing to say.

        • @freeindv@monyet.cc
          -3ā€¢10 months ago

          we also live in a world where itā€™s a crime punishable by death to be LGBTQ+,

          Oh yeah, how many whole foods do they have?

          . there are US politicians who have literally called for genocide against LGBTQ+ people

          No theyā€™re arenā€™t. Youā€™re lying

            • Saik0English
              2ā€¢10 months ago

              Michael Knowles, at the CPAC conference

              So when the statement of

              there are US politicians who have literally called for genocide against LGBTQ+ people

              Is madeā€¦ you reference a person who ISNā€™T a politician as your source? What office does Michael Knowles hold?

                • Saik0English
                  3ā€¢10 months ago

                  Nope. Literally the same fucking comments section you met me in. Itā€™s TOTALLY wild that we meet againā€¦ unheard of.

                  Funny that you didnā€™t actually respond to the commentā€¦ againā€¦ Almost like literally anything you say you canā€™t defend at all.

                  Now the REALLY funny thing is that youā€™ve actually responded to @freeindv@monyet.cc several times too! So if Iā€™m ā€œstalkingā€ youā€¦ then youā€™re stalking them. You can literally fuck off with your dumb bullshit somewhere else.