Freedom of expression includes the right to receive speech (unrelated here) and could be broad enough to include freedom to have and hold beliefs, thoughts, etc, which could be relevant as this doesn’t work if one can have a belief but be forced to contradict it. Also, it’s hard to conduct wedding services without using speech, so forcing someone to host a ceremony they disagree with would also force them to utter sentences they wouldn’t choose to utter. (Edit: I realise these aren’t the facts of this case; it’s just an example of how providing a service could also be directly related to speech.)

I’m only saying this to point out how slippery of a concept are human/constitutional rights. They’re unreliable. Interesting to see that this is almost a mirror image of an Irish case about a cake for a homosexual couple. I can’t remember the exact arguments, but reactionary lawyers would’ve been studiously reading them before this new case.

And all this is to say: down with homophobes and transphobes. We can’t let them use the law to uphold their prejudice.