Posted on 08/01/2012 9:58:21 AM PDT by topher
The above picture is what some gays/lesbians are calling on for dress on Fridays when going to Chick Fil-A
My question is whether businesses have the right to require a dress code, and also be allowed to expel patrons for lewd behavior.
There are Gay/Lesbian groups calling for boycotting/protests at Chick-Fil-A restaurants every Friday.
What rights do businesses have today?
Does this vary depending on the state?
Can very skimpy dress (bikinis, etc) be grounds for expelling people from the business?
What about behavior by adults that would be bad examples and considered lewd behavior in front of children.
There are a number of Facebook pages being put together over this issue.
Short answer? Businesses have the right to regulate behavior on their premises that might adversely affect their business. That was in the old days ...
But that said, keep in mind that the actions of other PATRONS are not the actions of the BUSINESS. If an employee tells some fag to get out, it could be trouble. But if another patron were to stand outside the door and insult the fags as they came in, or to tell them to knock off the tongue-wrestling because it was making them sick, the business is not directly involved.
Point is: take the matter into your own hands (so to speak). Stand up for CFA; don’t wait for CFA to stand up for you.
I don’t know what the legal standing is but I remember years ago that clubs and restaurants could, and did demand proper dress such as black tie only, or no polyester allowed, no jeans allowed..
I see on stores signs that say things like “No shirt, no shoes, no service’.
I’ve known of higher end places that might not tell you that you look like a slob, but they wouldn’t come and get you for a table either. They’d either tell you that it’s a 4 hour wait, or just leave you in the lobby till you left of your own accord.
The reason I say ‘years ago’ is to establish that it’s not a new thing as a result in a loss of freedom, but that it has been a customary practice at some establishments for a very long time.
I know that schools, hospitals, and other businesses DO have dress codes for students and employees, and that health ordinances do demand certain dress codes for health and safety reasons, under certain circumstances.
Most in the gay parades seem to be clothing challenged. So if this or any other place said “no shirt no shoes” they are abiding by the Health Department codes and may turn away people for this reason. Would hope the police would enforce laws against public nudity as well seeing that is a food place.
“I see on stores signs that say things like “No shirt, no shoes, no service’.”
This is a Health Department law not just a store rule!!
This is a budding disaster for the left!
Decades of pro-gay agitprop will come undone as patrons openly mock and ridicule them, potentially at hundreds of sites, all on the same day.
“Queer people’s money spends the same as everyone else’s.”
LMAO
Thats the answer the clerk should give when one these perverts announces that they have arrived at Chik-Fil-A
Or counter protesters with big signs say the samething
That is because sodomites are basically exhibitionists at heart.
...and if I walk by and trip and my milkshake lands on them? I’m 70, I trip a lot.
“Can businesses kick out patrons improperly dressed or engaged in lewd conduct?”
The managers best phrase: “I’m gonna have to ask you to leave. Right now.”
I’ve seen signs in restaurants that require shirts and shoes or sandals. I believe those rules are based on health laws. With that in mind, I’d say that they could also decline admittance to anyone in a bikini, citing health laws as well. I’d check into the decency and health department laws in your area to see which laws could apply to this situation.
i'm pretty sure they could get somebody to volunteer to be a door bouncer to keep the filthy scum out...
If nothing else, they should be allowed to require that customers actually be customers, and not just loiterers.
The above picture is a little red X in a double box...
FWIW...The gay-rights debate belongs in the legislatures and courts, not in the stores/restaurants.
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