Posted on 06/02/2004 8:24:24 PM PDT by SJackson
(KRT) - Sorry, Jersey girls.
The Garden State's top civil rights official ruled yesterday that ladies nights are gender-based promotions that discriminate - against men.
So from now on, girls who just wanna have fun will have to pay the same price for drinks and cover charges as the boys.
Commercial interests do not override the "important social policy objective of eradicating discrimination," said Frank Vespa-Papaleo, director of the state Division on Civil Rights.
Gov. Jim McGreevey criticized the decision, calling it "an overreaction that reflects a complete lack of common sense and good judgment."
But the governor does not have the authority to rescind the ruling. Nonetheless, he met with the state attorney general to tell him the civil rights division had better things to do with its time, an aide said.
In New York, a state Division of Human Rights spokeswoman said officials have had complaints about ladies nights and found them "to be unlawful."
Elsewhere, it's a mixed bag.
Iowa judges have said a racetrack's ladies day was illegal. And Pennsylvania's high court ruled strip joints can't let women in free but make men pay. But courts in Illinois and Washington State have not objected.
Blame the Jersey ban on a disgruntled dude, David Gillespie, who filed the complaint in June 1998 after he had to pony up $5 to get into the Coastline restaurant in Cherry Hill, N.J. Not only were women not charged admission, they drank at a discount.
The Coastline's lawyer argued they weren't trying to keep men out but hoping to lure women in.
Vespa-Papaleo disagreed. "It's the same as if you tried to say Christians can have free drinks but Jews can't," he told the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Since when has drunken women been a discrimination against men?
The feminazis should celebrate. The girls will pay the same tab as the boys. End Sexism In Drink Tabs Now!!!
More likely the boys will be picking up BOTH tabs.
If I were a Jewish salesman trying to sell plastic Jesus dash ornaments to Christians I wouldn't object.
Only a low downer would object to luring single women into a bar and getting them drunk.
That's right by God. We can't have women wondering around with an extra five dollars. They'll pay that tab as an equal opportunity bill and they'll like it! :)
The sex-obsessed leftists will actually hate this one.
When I read stories like this I laugh, yet I can't help but wonder that Governor McGreedy is a moron.
What a moron. Everyone knows that the purpose of ladies' night is to attract women, so as to attract men. It's how bars make money.
There's women at bars??!!??? As soon as I find my wallet, I'm out the door!!!
Since either sex may be "underrepresented" on Tursday night, there is no discrimination in this offer. Of course, reality will probably rear its ugly head. Women will be on the down side on Thursday. And "Ladies Night" will be back in an entirely logical.
Problem solved.
Congressman Billybob
Precisely. There was no discrimination in the first place.
It's nice that the courts have finally seen the light and declared affirmative action illegal. Oh, my bad, this only applies to you and me, not the gov't.
New Jersey needs to pass a law requiring that men remove their penis prior to entering places where women are. So everything is "fair".....
Sometimes I think Dem men (or the women in their lives) have already, er, removed THAT part of their anatomy!
So when will they eliminate racial quotas in the university? Oops, I just committed a hate crime!
Then, watch the Political Fuss!!
Doc
On the TV a few minutes ago, relating this story, there was shown a bar booth of six or so ladies. Now I can understand why the prices are lower on "Ladies Night". Of course the pictures were taken a few hours before the 2:00 AM closing time when as I remember all the ladies were beautiful and virtuous.
Funny how things like that just slip by.
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