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'Sopranos' star Michael Imperioli bars 'bigots and homophobes' from watching his work [1]

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Date: 2023-07-02

Based on a fraudulent email, the Supreme Court ruled last week in the case of 303 Creative LLC, et al. v. Elenis, El Al. that a web designer who had only hypothetically created a wedding website can refuse to create websites for celebrations of same-sex weddings. The actor Michael Imperioli responded on Instagram:

“I’ve decided to forbid bigots and homophobes from watching The Sopranos, The White Lotus, Goodfellas or any movie or tv show I’ve been in,” Imperioli said in the caption of a post on his Instagram page Saturday, adding “Thank you Supreme Court for allowing me to discriminate and exclude those who I don’t agree with and am opposed to. USA! USA!” The actor, best known for his roles in the Emmy-winning HBO dramas “The Sopranos” and Season 2 of “The White Lotus,” posted a screenshot of a news report with a headline that read, “Supreme Court protects web designer who won’t do gay wedding websites.” [...] “America is becoming dumber by the minute,” he said in another comment.

Obviously, Imperioli’s viewing prohibition won’t stop any haters from watching his performances, but a hurrah nonetheless for his flipping off the Supreme Court majority for its crap ruling.

Kelley Robinson, president of the Human Rights Campaign, told The Advocate that the court’s decision is a "dangerous step backward":

“Our nation has been on a path of progress — deciding over the course of many decades that businesses should be open regardless of race, disability, or religion. Many states have expanded this promise to include sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity — this is a deeply troubling crack in our progress and should be alarming to us all. People deserve to have commercial spaces that are safe and welcoming. This decision continues to affirm how radical and out-of-touch this Court is, especially when 80 percent of Americans support robust and LGBTQ+ inclusive nondiscrimination laws." She continued, “Make no mistake, this case was manufactured by the Alliance for Defending Freedom to create a new license to discriminate against LGBTQ+ people. Despite our opponents claiming this is a major victory, this ruling does not give unfettered power to discriminate. This decision does not mean that any LGBTQ+ person can be discriminated against in housing, employment or banking — those protections remain enshrined with federal law.”

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