New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin this week said that the recent controversial U.S. Supreme Court ruling on LGBTQ+ rights will have little impact in the state. In a 6-3 decision last month, the high court limited anti-discrimination laws across the country by siding with a Colorado web designer who did not want to do business with same-sex couples because she said it infringed on her First Amendment rights.
According to Platkin, the Supreme Court’s decision only applies in a narrow range of situations directly involving free speech and will not change how New Jersey’s anti-discrimination law applies to a majority of businesses and vendors open to the public in the state. This means, he said, they will still be prohibited from discriminating based on race, gender, sexual orientation and more.
