The Supreme Court heard a case this week on a Colorado web designer who denied service to an LGBTQ couple getting married. Colorado, unlike many states, has its own anti-discrimination law, which prevents a denial of service “based on disability, race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, national origin, or ancestry.”
In Virginia, however, another case is likely to become a larger story after a right-wing group was denied service for an event at a restaurant that doesn’t share the values of the right-wing group, Virginia Business News said.
Metzger Bar and Butchery, in the Richmond Union Hill neighborhood, posted a statement on Instagramabout the company’s decision to cancel the reservation for the Family Foundation.
The restaurant explained that many staff members were LGBTQ or women and that they shouldn’t be forced to serve a group like the Family Foundation, which “seeks to deprive women and LGBTQ+ persons of their basic rights in Virginia.”