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Ladies' Night Challenged as Un-Kool
Center for Individual Freedom ^ | September 27, 2007 | National Law Journal

Posted on 09/28/2007 8:21:41 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

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This is just nuts...
1 posted on 09/28/2007 8:21:43 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: 3D-JOY; abner; Abundy; AGreatPer; Albion Wilde; alisasny; ALlRightAllTheTime; AlwaysFree; ...

PING!

Do you believe this happy-crappy?


2 posted on 09/28/2007 8:24:02 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Oh, Geesh, not THIS crap AGAIN?!?)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I don’t think lady's night is fair, BUT it is not unconstitutional. A private person or business is not able to deny you your constitutional rights. Now, if it was a government run bar, OK he would have a case.
3 posted on 09/28/2007 8:29:08 PM PDT by chaos_5 (... I'm just another angry white male ...)
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A private person or business is not able to deny you your constitutional rights.

Do a little research on public accommodation law. Think about it in terms of a "whites only" night. Or "no gays allowed" establishment.

4 posted on 09/28/2007 8:31:59 PM PDT by IronJack (=)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
New York attorney Roy Den Hollander has filed a class action lawsuit against several Manhattan bars and clubs, alleging that their ladies' night practices are unconstitutional. Hollander charges that when they host ladies' night they are violating the 14th Amendment's guarantee of equal protection under the law.

Good grief. Give me a freakin' break.

5 posted on 09/28/2007 8:32:09 PM PDT by Luke Skyfreeper
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The point is to get more women into the bar, NOT less.


6 posted on 09/28/2007 8:32:23 PM PDT by Perdogg (Join the NCAA basketball thread - Freemail me)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

More stupidity to keep us busy and distracted.


7 posted on 09/28/2007 8:40:01 PM PDT by freekitty ((May the eagles long fly over our beautiful and free American sky.))
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
“Hollander charges that when they host ladies’ night they are violating the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of equal protection under the law.”

Exactly what is he looking to be equally protected from?? Ladies?

8 posted on 09/28/2007 8:41:12 PM PDT by gidget7 ( Vote for the Arsenal of Democracy, because America RUNS on Duncan!)
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To: IronJack
Umm Ladies night does not bar men. It offers women drinks for less. It isn’t just ladies who can go. I used to know guys who went on Ladies Night to pick up girls.
9 posted on 09/28/2007 8:43:25 PM PDT by gidget7 ( Vote for the Arsenal of Democracy, because America RUNS on Duncan!)
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“New York attorney Roy Den Hollander has filed a class action lawsuit against several Manhattan bars and clubs, alleging that their ladies’ night practices are unconstitutional. Hollander charges that when they host ladies’ night they are violating the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of equal protection under the law.”

They’re private businesses. If they want to have cattle-loving-midgets-in-spandex night, they can, and this guy can’t do a f*cking thing about it.


10 posted on 09/28/2007 8:45:15 PM PDT by DesScorp
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What about coupons. Someone gets 10% off just because they have a coupon and all others pay full price. Seems like discrimination to me. A lack of equal protection too!


11 posted on 09/28/2007 8:49:08 PM PDT by Khepera (Do not remove by penalty of law!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

A man who sues to stop ladies night has got to be the biggest wussy that ever walked the planet.

12 posted on 09/28/2007 8:51:16 PM PDT by MarineBrat (My wife and I took an AIDS vaccination that the Church offers.)
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New York attorney Roy Den Hollander has filed a class action lawsuit against several Manhattan bars and clubs, alleging that their ladies' night practices are unconstitutional . . . [as] violating the 14th Amendment's guarantee of equal protection under the law.

Somebody is totally incompetent. Either the writer of the article or the attorney.

The Constitution does not prohibit a business from discriminating against men, but local, state, and federal laws prohibit such discrimination under certain circumstances. The Constitution's 14th Amendment prohibits a governmental entity from such discrimination against men.

Unfortunately, such ladies' nights have been outlawed as violations of local or state laws (NOT unconstitutional) in some areas. As ridiculous as it might seem, the guy may succeed in stopping Ladies' Nights in his state or locality, depending on the law that he uses.

On the other hand, if he simply argues that the nightclub policy is unconstitutional, he should be laughed out of court.

13 posted on 09/28/2007 8:59:51 PM PDT by BillF (Fight terrorists in Iraq & elsewhere, instead of waiting for them to come to America!)
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What’s next, a class action lawsuit if she won’t sleep with you after $50 in drinks...?


14 posted on 09/28/2007 9:06:14 PM PDT by Doctor Raoul (Columbia = Ayatollah U.)
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To: IronJack
Do a little research on public accommodation law. Think about it in terms of a "whites only" night. Or "no gays allowed" establishment.

I'd rather think about it in terms of helping an under-represented class (women in bars) be encouraged to stand up and hold their own (beer)!

15 posted on 09/28/2007 9:31:58 PM PDT by slowhandluke (It's hard work to be cynical enough in this age)
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To: Perdogg
The point is to get more women into the bar, NOT less.

Indeed. Methinks the plaintiff hasn't really thought this through. Or else he's gay.

16 posted on 09/28/2007 9:45:49 PM PDT by squidly
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Maybe after the lawyers ran most of our businesses out of the country they are running out of things to sue over?


17 posted on 09/28/2007 9:47:37 PM PDT by ran20
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To: IronJack
Do a little research on public accommodation law. Think about it in terms of a "whites only" night. Or "no gays allowed" establishment.

I see your point. Public accommodation is the sticking point. I was thinking about it in terms of private property.

18 posted on 09/28/2007 9:52:05 PM PDT by chaos_5 (... I'm just another angry white male ...)
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I used to know guys who went on Ladies Night to pick up girls.
That is precisely the point of Ladies' Night. I would guess it typically results in more women than an average night, which of course will bring in more guys. Works out for everyone.

Jack's got a good point though. Instead of "whites only" night, think "Whites' Night". Discount for whitey. While stupid, it should be no less legal than Ladies' Night.

19 posted on 09/28/2007 9:54:55 PM PDT by BMiles2112
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Thanks Roy. Guys always hate it when women out-number the men, unless you’re not a fag. (Sometimes this equal crap needs to go away, especially with the right to association)


20 posted on 09/28/2007 9:57:45 PM PDT by eyedigress
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