“The idea of anti-discrimination laws for private parties is wrong and should be overturned.”
Just curious, I don’t mean to start a big debate or anything, but would you guys be okay with a business rejecting black or Jewish people?
I would have no problem with that at all. I may not patronize the place, but I would absolutely support the right of a business owner to run his establishment as he sees fit.
“The idea of anti-discrimination laws for private parties is wrong and should be overturned.”
Just curious, I don’t mean to start a big debate or anything, but would you guys be okay with a business rejecting black or Jewish people?
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What the poster is saying is that the law says government can’t discriminate. The poster is differentiating between government and private people. Private people can be as twisted as they want under the law. The gray area is when they open a business to the public. Then is the business forced to serve anyone with money in their fist or can they reserve the right to refuse business? That is the question here.
Most private businesses should have the right to discriminate. The problem arises when there is an active conspiracy to discriminate in public accommodations. For example, bus companies in the South did not want to turn down black peoples money, but the government required they do so.
Where there is competition, those who refuse to serve customers lose out.
He didn't reject a person. He rejected one person's deliberately provocative cake order. And he probably was polite, but firm.
Same way a black baker would refuse a cake order celebrating the KKK.
Or a Jewish person would reject a cake order for Hitler's birthday.
Most of these Christian-persecution cases involving mom'n'pop bakeries, florists, or photographers were brought maliciously by activists after the shop had been serving gay customers for years, but just didn't want to participate in their gay wedding due to their religion.
Same way a Jewish deli would not want to be forced provide pork barbecue.
Or a black fashion model would not want to be forced to wear whiteface and a blond wig or be sued.