It sounds like they are interfering with a political issue, which isn’t any of their business. Spare me the “family values” garbage or whatever T-Mobile is spinning. We’ve all seen much too much of that hypocrisy. If anything, this case does highlight the need for formal change in the law.

New York-based EZ Texting recently filed suit in U.S. District Court against T-Mobile, alleging on Sept. 10 the carrier started blocking all messages by the company’s clients because T-Mobile “did not approve” of text messages sent by one of those clients, LegalMarijuanaDispensary.com, using EZ Texting’s services.

The marijuana website, also known as WeedMaps.com, describes itself as “a community where medical marijuana patients connect with other patients in their geographic region to freely discuss and review local cannabis co-operatives, dispensaries, medical doctors and delivery services.”

EZ Texting, in the lawsuit, said it is being “irreparably damaged in its business because of the blocking by T-Mobile….The thousands of EZ Texting’s customers — which include both for-profit businesses and non-profit organizations — that rely on EZ Texting’s short code (which is akin to a telephone number for text messages) cannot be reached by T-Mobile’s cell phone users, nor can those businesses and non-profits reach T-Mobile’s cell phone users.”