Posted on 01/29/2002 11:01:29 PM PST by summer
She could pay cash. It is the right of the store owner to refuse service to avoid a fraudulent check. The state issued photo ID serves as a way to verify the identity.
How do they handle passport photos?
Can she walk freely into a bank with her face covered? The upcoming protest in NYC about the WTO has a ban on masks. Would she be permitted to walk through the area with her identity shielded?
How about something more forceful and ancient sounding?
No-Screwus No-Morus
Or that she's using Islam as the excuse to make her frivilous lawsuit is what is getting people steamed. Before 9-11 the reaction might have been more ho-hum, "business as usual". But since then, times have changed and are still changing. A group of Islamic extremists killed thousands of American citizens, as well as citizens from other countries. Just a few days ago a Palistine woman was a suicide bomber in Israel. The group who declared "war" on the United States has publically supported the Palistine cause many times. Now we have a female of this religion attempting to manipulate the American legal system to allow any follower of this religion to be able to move freely about America with no reasonable confirmation of identification.
She probably is part of the 99% of the Muslim religion who think Bin Laden is an extremist. However, given what is going on in the world, she's certainly making a big red flag go up with her actions.
Anyone have an idea for the name of the Hollywood Left's theology?
Self-Affirmation Hedonism?
This should be an offense which merrits immediate deportation.
We will also require members to take on new names: each member shall be known as Frank. Not "Frank 'Something'", just "Frank", since we're frank about our beliefs.
How much money can we make when we sue the states for violating our freedom of religion by denying us drivers licenses?
In the case of smokes and booze, there are laws requiring proof of identification before a sale is allowed. A bit difficult to do if the person is masked, and their "identification" shows a masked person. Of course if she were that devote she wouldn't be buying it. Or driving for that matter.
In the case of check cashing, a store is private property and can set whatever uniform rules in has regarding this. Some of the rules may be required of the banks as well. If everyone else has to provide positive identification to make a check purchase, she should not be entitled to special treatment otherwise. And, if she doesn't like it, she's fully free to take her business else where to a store that has a policy she likes.
The head priestess of a certain Voodoo group, was housing all manner if animals, in a basement apartment AND perfoming rirtual killings of them . No, she was NOT killing a chicken for dinner. PETA was NOT ( surprizingly ) involved with it, nor the ASPCA.
Making garbage up, NEWBIE , doesn't fly here. Remarkably, for a NEWBIE , you are hitting all of the wrong notes ; thus far. You aren't particularly clever nor funny , and you are trying much too hard.
I haven't used my photo ID to write a check in years.
My grocery has its own card. Other stores accept various combinations of ID (e.g., a credit card and voter ID.
But what about the right to make a right on red? < /sarcasm > (always seen when someone makes a right on red into oncoming traffic, they don't need to stop, why should they, it's their "right" to turn on red...)
That's only moving violations. What about other instances when an ID is required. Suppose you're the clerk at a store. Standing before you is someone with a covered face, handing you an "identification" of someone with a covered face, wanting to buy booze. Do you sell? If it's someone else standing there who is underage, you get busted. If you refuse, you get accused of discrimination.
Same clerk, except she's rung up over a hundred bucks in groceries. Same masked person is handing you an "identification" of a masked person to validate their identification to cash a check. Do you accept it? If it bounces, it's your fault and you eat it. If you deny it, once again you're accused of discrimination.
The state has every right to deny her a privilege to drive in the state of Florida if she is not willing to adhere to the uniform traffic codes - the rules - of this state. And the constitution has no bearing. She has two good working legs - let her walk.
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