He’s going to get Akin’ed.
That this statement is considered even remotely controversial just shows how far we’ve fallen. Do realtors think that they should be the ones to decide which offer to take instead of the homeowner?
You could get away with that in certain states, but not in CA.
That was a self-inflicted error. He should know how public sentiment has moved in today’s world, whether he agrees with it or not.
Why would anyone with a brain say something like this? What is the conceivable purpose? Why should a person care about whom they sell their house to?
Like the teachers’ unions, the association of realtors started off as a professional organization.
Unfortunately, the association of realtors is fast becoming just another left-wing union whose leadership rules in opposition to its members.
I think this is covered by the Fair Housing Act.
Clearly, our culture has been poisoned.
this is just stupid. Why do republicans do this. The libs and media will try to hang this guys statement on all republicans.
this is just stupid. Why do republicans do this. The libs and media will try to hang this guys statement on all republicans.
I’ll go further.
The First Amendment guarantees our freedom to associate with whoever we want and that necessarily guarantees our freedom to discriminate against those we do not want.
Now while the government should treat everyone equally I do believe that businesses should be free to hire or serve whoever they want or not want, and that anyone who doesn’t want to do business with anyone else for any reason at all is guaranteed that right regardless of who it may offend.
You don’t have to bake them a cake and they don’t have to fix the roof on your church.
It’s called freedom and my freedom to refuse to associate with sexual deviants and other degenerates MUST be more important than the social agenda that’s served by trying to force me to associate with these people.
“Every homeowner should be able to make a decision not to sell their home to someone (if) they don’t agree with their lifestyle,”
For example, people in Sacramento and San Francisco don’t have to sell to Trump supporters, right?
There is no hypocrisy in the left because they can’t feel shame.
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It’s my house so should be able to sell it or not to anyone I wish. It’s also my right to take it off the market.
And it was necessary to take a position on this... why?
Interesting...
I’ve always distinguished between sales of pre-made off-the-shelf products like say a can of peas, vs customized yet-to-be-made products like wedding cakes, the latter of which involves a degree of participating in and implied endorsement of a buyer’s lifestyle choices.
At first blush a home seems to be the former, meaning it should be sold to anyone. And while I’d somewhat understand an argument that might distinguish this from that group because so much of a seller’s ego and identity is associated with their former home, I still think it belongs with those pre-made products for which a seller could not deny sales to any legal buyer on that basis. For example, imagine if a co-op board wrote no gays into their eligibility rules. They’d have an even better freedom of association argument, but I don’t think that would still persuade me, because as many like to say, what a person does behind closed doors is their business.
So flame away any who disagree, but if think Dana is wrong on this one.
Why does he care?
It’s none of anyone’s business and he did this to himself.
This is just stupid. Do gay people have to disclose that they are gay when purchasing a home? I have made it a practice to never assume.
Like why the hell would a person care?
As long as their check clears, I couldn’t care less who buy the house. I’m not going to live there anymore.
what he is saying is illegal and the relator can lose their license.
The congressman is right. People should be able to do as the choose. End of story.