How SCOTUS Voted in Fulton & Why This Could Represent Troubles Ahead for the LGBTQ+ CommunityBy: Chris Gilmore/TRT Reporter—WASHINGTON—Today, the United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the City of Philadelphia violated the First Amendment by creating a nondiscrimination policy that allowed for potentially discriminatory individualized exemptions for some but not all.
Such an exemption was refused to the Catholic organization in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia. In a 9-0 decision, the Court ruled that governments can enforce nondiscrimination laws as long as they do so neutrally, but that the city of Philadelphia was not neutral in the application of its nondiscrimination laws.“There are thousands of LGBTQ+ couples across the.