Posted on 06/24/2018 4:04:31 AM PDT by ViLaLuz
FREEP THIS POLL- Vote: Should Stephanie Wilkinson remain as director of Main Street Lexington? She's the owner of the Red Hen who kicked Sarah Sanders and family out of the restaurant. Lexington is mad as Hell.
Make it clear this lady is stupid. But stupid has the right to be heard in the USA.
The town went 2/3 for Hillary. It’s a dot of insanity surrounded by reality.
You know, the way the MSM always bends over backwards to explain conservative positions in any political controversy?/s
It's truly breathtaking.
And way beyond "bias."
Well, of course it’s been shut down.
I’d have voted to kick her and her gay employees who called her to come down to the restaurant all the way down Main Street and back again.
Link still works for me.
How interesting to be forced to provide profile I’d to “vote” in a poll. How handy of a tool to reverse profile a “voters” statistics to identify political undesirables at a later date when the pogroms start.
FASCIST BOOK may not be your friend in the long run.
She’s a New York transplant and a typical rude democrat thug...
Thanks, FrankR!
She came from Yankee land and brought her Yankee ways with her, she has no place in Virginian society except as an obnoxious guest.
Great! I did my part on Yelp and its good to see others are speaking out on the FB platform.
Have at it https://redhenlex.com/
Yes? A big group on a weekend night with a late start due to the wasted time at the Communist Hen. Did they even have the heart to try another place? Cold Anger.
Guest? More like interloper...
Restaurants are places of public accommodation.
Do Restaurants Have the Unrestricted Right to Refuse Service?
No. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 explicitly prohibits restaurants from refusing service to patrons on the basis of race, color, religion, or national origin. In addition, most courts don’t allow restaurants to refuse service to patrons based on extremely arbitrary conditions. For example, a person likely can’t be refused service due to having a lazy eye.
But Aren’t Restaurants Considered Private Property?
Yes, however they are also considered places of public accommodation. In other words, the primary purpose of a restaurant is to sell food to the general public, which necessarily requires susceptibility to equal protection laws. Therefore, a restaurant’s existence as private property does not excuse an unjustified refusal of service. This can be contrasted to a nightclub, which usually caters itself to a specific group of clientele based on age and social status.
So Are "Right to Refuse Service to Anyone" Signs in Restaurants Legal?
Yes, however they still do not give a restaurant the power to refuse service on the basis of race, color, religion, or national origin. These signs also do not preclude a court from finding other arbitrary refusals of service to be discriminatory. Simply put, restaurants that carry a "Right to Refuse Service" sign are subject to the same laws as restaurants without one.
What Conditions Allow a Restaurant to Refuse Service?
There a number of legitimate reasons for a restaurant to refuse service, some of which include:
Patrons who are unreasonably rowdy or causing trouble
Patrons that may overfill capacity if let in
Patrons who come in just before closing time or when the kitchen is closed
Patrons accompanied by large groups of non-customers looking to sit in
Patrons lacking adequate hygiene (e.g. excess dirt, extreme body odor, etc.)
In most cases, refusal of service is warranted where a customer’s presence in the restaurant detracts from the safety, welfare, and well-being of other patrons and the restaurant itself.
Places of public accommodation include a wide range of entities, such as restaurants, hotels, theaters, doctors' offices, pharmacies, retail stores, museums, libraries, parks, private schools, and day care centers.
I learned from one of my employees that a local deli employed gay men in their restaurant that sabotaged the food of people that had differing opinions of homosexuality. They targeted church groups and Republicans. My employee mentioned that they bragged about their exploits. I will never eat in a restaurant that employs gays because of this because I thought this was an isolated incident but only to find it commonplace for gays to do this.
If owner of the Red Hen had kicked out a black Obama worker and family out of the restaurant wold there be an outrage poll or actions against the owner.
I've been a family member at the request of three generations; so I'm already (minimally) "profiled."
Besides, let the "pograms" begin. I and my neighbors are prepared!
No. She should perform seppuku on Main Street, in Lexington.
Just making sure I understand your point and we are clear,
she was "asked" to leave, no one refused her service.
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