GoFundMe Bans 'Discriminatory' Fundraising Activities

GoFundMe's old policy on crowdfunding may not have been enough to justify its decision last weekend to kill campaigns on behalf of a Christian-owned florist and bakery—but its new policy is.

The website quietly expanded its list of banned crowdfunding activities this week shortly after The Washington Times questioned GoFundMe's reliance on its policy against campaigns in defense of "formal charges of heinous crimes" to pull fundraisers for Arlene's Flowers and for Sweet Cakes by Melissa.

The new policy, which includes a ban on campaigns in defense of "claims of discriminatory acts," would appear to make it more difficult to...