Free speech does nothing for Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who refused to do her job of issuing marriage licenses because she had “religious” objections to same-sex marriage. Free speech doesn’t help the co-op board who refuses to rent to a gay couple, or the employer who refuses to cover birth control as part of their employee health plan. Free speech protects people with theocratic views, but it doesn’t give them the right to impose those views on things like the market economy and the health care system.
