Compelled speech?

[Volokh, Eugene]

Mark raises some very good questions, but to make this closer to the problem we discussed, let's (1) make this the government acting as sovereign, and (2) eliminate any Turner-like monopoly problem.
 
So say that there are a bunch of services that deliver flyers, newspapers, and the like to people's doors.  One refuses to deliver a pro-gay-marriage flyer, another refuses to deliver a pro-sodomy-ban flyer.  Both are sued, one on sexual orientation discrimination grounds and one on political ideology grounds.  Should they have a First Amendment right to refuse to participate in the distribution of viewpoints that they find repugnant?
 
Eugene

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	Maybe I missed this, but what about the local mailman.
	 
	1. Must he deliever a postcard that urges me to support gay marriage.
	 
	2. What about a letter from a gay rights organization, which on the outside indicates that this is a fundraising letter for gay marriage.
	 
	3. What about a letter that is simply from a gay rights organization (and given the envelop, we know is almost certainly a pitch for gay rights).
	 
	Mark A. Graber