Cab Controversy

myfoxtwincities ^ | 10/10/2006 | Tom Lyden

[Rb ver. 2.0]

If Mr. Hare had a goat with him there'd be no problems. Unfortunatly, goats at airports are hard to find.

[knuthom]

What about pharmacists who refuse to dispense the "morning-after" pill because of their religious beliefs? Seems like they have just as much right as cab drivers to follow their religious convictions.

[gridlock]

If Mr. Hare had a goat with him there'd be no problems.

Oooooh! A threesome! Kinky!

[VeniVidiVici]

"Cab for you today sir?"
"Um, no thanks. I'm waiting for a white driver."

[steve-b]

Except that they agree to follow the rules of the airport in order to use the airport pickup line.

[steve-b]

The gut-level issue is one of behaving like a good neighbor. This sort of behavior is simply uncivil. If a Jewish cab driver refused to carry a passenger with a package of pork sausages, or a Hindu cab driver refused to carry a passenger with a cooler of beefsteakes, or a Baptist cab driver refused to carry a passenger with a copy of Playboy, or an atheist cab driver refused to carry a passenger with a copy of the Bible, etc. it would be obvious to everybody that the cab driver was simply being an @$$hole.

[subterfuge]

Just enjoy the fun of watching the liberals try to wrap their heads around this : Two "victim classes", clashing...who is more of a Noble Victim, the moslem third worlder or the poor downtrodden TV?

Doesn't being homo trump everything to liberals? Unless you're a republican congressman of course.

[Between the Lines]

If the cabs are privately run companies, then they should be free to pick up/ not pick up anyone they want.

Agreed, but the airport should also have the right to refuse equal access to taxi cab companies which discriminate against any of their clientele.

[rabidralph]

“This is more than just religion, it’s flat out discrimination,” hare said. “And we’ve got laws against that in this state.”

Don't piss 'em off, Paula. They might fly an airplane into the Foshay Building.

[Verloona Ti]

I think your take on it is the best yet.

[Verloona Ti]

Agreed.

[Verloona Ti]

Doesn't being homo trump everything to liberals? Unless you're a republican congressman of course.

They've shown no more interest in the atrocities commited against homosexuals in moslem countries then they have those commited against women. Nor have they protested against the enslavement of pagan/Christian/nonmoslem-in-general black Africans by the much lighter-skinned North African moslems. It looks like, to liberals, it's moslems uber alles. Why? I don't know. Maybe the hatred that moslems have against western society makes them so attractive to liberals?

[7thson]

I was reminded of the alcohol incident when in Sam's this weekend. Up near Baltimore on Route 40 - lots of Muslims in the store. I wondered how their fellow Muslims can refuse rides to people with alcohol yet shop in a store that openly sells pork, ham, bacon, etc?

[Verloona Ti]

And their imams are stating that the prohibition is against drinking alcohol-not simply being around it or moving it. So that for me indicates that alcohol is being used as an excuse ; the real intent is stealth sharia.

[Verloona Ti]

I just realized there's a long thread on this over at Little Green Footballs, video clip included.

[Menehune56]

I wonder how these Muslim cab drivers react when a Hasidic Jew or other identificable religious person gets in their cab. Can they refuse to take them to their synagogue or temple?

[Verloona Ti]

Go to my LGF link in the reply above, and read reply 80 on that thread. That should give you a hint as to how some moslem taxi drivers ALREADY feel free to treat Jewish fares.

[Jack Hammer]

"Soon, the airport will even color code the light bar above taxi’s to indicate those who won’t carry booze."

The color-coded sign should read, "Former driver doing time in prison."

[Retief]

I seem to recall luncheonettes in Alabama back in the 1950's, making the identical claim that they were privately owned dining establishments and had the right to serve or not serve customers.

That's not going to work. See http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/index.php/Civil_rights, which states in pertinent part:

Congress, using its power to regulate interstate commerce, enacted the Civil Rights Act of 1964 under Title 42, Public Health and Welfare, Chapter 21, Civil Rights, of the United States Code. Discrimination based on "race, color, religion, or national origin" in public establishments that had a connection to interstate commerce or was supported by the state is prohibited. See 42 U.S.C. § 2000a. Public establishments include places of public accommodation (e.g., hotels, motels, trailer parks), restaurants, gas stations, bars, taverns, and places of entertainment in general.

What the Taxi companies are allowing is a violation of the Civil Rights Act and of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Since it is being sanctioned by the state and city at a public airport, the state and city are also liable. Call the lawyers and start filing lawsuits against the cab companies, the city, and state. Should be a few bucks in there for the lawyers.

[Verloona Ti]

Sorry for changing the subject, but I just learned something that turns my stomach. It's not worth a thread of it's own but-you read it here first.

They're turning the Wichita Horror into entertainment-a film. The director of Saw and Saw II is making it.

From Rue Morgue magazine, page 9, May 2006 issue:

"Wichita is going to push the limits of what people can handle more than any other film before it,"Bousman stated confidently...Set during the holiday season, the story concerns a singular event which sets in motion the eventual detruction of eight separate people. ...Boseman...notes that it's based on real events.

I like the 'eight separate people', with the two vicious murderers being lumped in with the victims as equally worthy of sympathy.