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Michael Imperioli is making a statement following the Supreme Court decision to side with a web designer who doesn't want to create wedding websites for same-sex couples due to religious reasons.
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00:00Michael Imperioli is making a statement following the Supreme Court decision to side with a web
00:04designer who doesn't want to create wedding websites for same-sex couples due to religious
00:09reasons. The actor wrote on Instagram, I've decided to forbid bigots and homophobes from
00:14watching The Sopranos, The White Lotus, Goodfellas, or any movie or TV show I've been in.
00:20Imperioli starred in HBO's The Sopranos from 1999 to 2007 and played the small part of Spider the
00:26bartender in the 1990 movie Goodfellas. Most recently, he was among the cast of season 2 of
00:32The White Lotus. He went on to say in his social media post, thank you Supreme Court for allowing
00:36me to discriminate and exclude those who I don't agree with and am opposed to. USA, USA. Imperioli
00:43also commented on his Instagram post, writing, hate and ignorance is not a legitimate point of view.
00:48America is becoming dumber by the minute, and it's called dehumanization. The court ruled 6-3 in favor
00:54of Colorado designer Lori Smith, explaining that she can refuse to design websites for same-sex
01:00weddings despite the Colorado law that doesn't permit discrimination based on sexual orientation,
01:05race, and gender, among other things. The justices argued that forcing her to create the websites
01:10would violate her First Amendment right to free speech. Justice Sonia Sotomayor led the court's
01:14dissent. She wrote, today the court, for the first time in its history, grants a business open to
01:20the public a constitutional right to refuse to serve members of a protected class. She also
01:25wrote, today is a sad day in American constitutional law and in the lives of LGBT people. For more on
01:31this story, head to THR.com. This is the Hollywood Reporter News.
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