Posted on 04/25/2018 1:58:59 PM PDT by lowbridge
A Manhattan judge ruled Wednesday that there’s nothing “outrageous” about throwing the president’s supporters out of bars — because the law doesn’t protect against political discrimination.
Philadelphia accountant Greg Piatek, 31, was bounced from a West Village watering hole in January 2017, just after Trump took the oath of office, for wearing a “Make America Great Again” cap, according to his lawsuit over the incident.
“Anyone who supports Trump — or believes in what you believe — is not welcome here! And you need to leave right now because we won’t serve you!” Piatek claims the staff of The Happiest Hour on W. 10th St. told him after he and his pals complained about the rude service they were getting from a bartender.
So he sued in Manhattan Supreme Court claiming the incident “offended his sense of being American.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Since the bar was in the west Village, he probably WAS gay.
If you read the civil rights act and it's ammendments.... political party is not a protected class. This judge correctly ruled based on law.
I'm a realtor, political party is specifically mentioned as protected in training. We go through this c$#* in great detail when you get a license.
oops... as NOT protected. sorry
But, bakery owners that support traditional marriage can’t throw out gay activists badgering them to make gay wedding cakes according to liberal judges.
They are opening a can of worms here they may regret opening.
That's the rub. Based on federal law, sexual orientation is not protected. But courts have made it a protected class as if it were written into the civil rights acts with other protected classes.
Does the converse also apply? Simce liberals tend to be morose and bad tippers, they are less likely to be welcome in bars and restaurants.
What’s more, “Make America Great Again” doesn’t say anything about any politician. What does “again” mean? Maybe it is a hankering for FDR! It’s quite open to interpretation.
Freedom of speech protects against adverse action by the government, not by private businesses.
OK, let’s toss out Hitlery supporters and watch complaints of racial discrimination.
NYC, what do you expect of that sewer?
I grew up there in NYC, I threw that dump out of my life 7 years ago. Best decision I ever made in my life. That place IS the a*shole capital of the world, absolutely no question.
The city is not a private business, it is bound by the First Amendment.
The highly-publicized gay wedding cake cases all were decided in state courts, in states which had civil rights laws making sexual orientation a protected class.
Dunno, I hear that Chicago is hard behind if not already caught up or past.
forcing bakers to make pies for homosexuals, good
forcing bar owners to serve beer to Trump supporters, bad
Rights based on race/gender issues and on free speech are included in the same Constitution, however some rights are placed in abeyance and others are treated as if rock solid.
Shouldn’t they all be rock solid.
I bet the same judge would throw you in jail if you refused to serve Hillary Supporters, Or DeBlasio supporters, or Cuomo Supporters.
Although admittedly my Libertarian leanings tell me that a privately owned business should be allowed to do business with only those whom they CHOOSE to do business, I think this is just another Black-Robed Judiciarch enforcing his own emotions, not the rule of law.
Does the bar have one of those HATE HAS NO HOME HERE signs at the door?ML/NJ
If the lefties want their far reaching civil rights laws, then they should be forced to eat their consequences.
True. And that lobby is obviously hoping this spreads and becomes "law of the land." Here is an interesting read about sexual orientation not being "law" and the supreme court so far refusing to rule on it as a protected class. With split lower courts, it is expected the SC will eventually take it up. Hopefully, the court will find that if the will of the people is such, law will be enacted adding it to the civil rights amendment, rather than the court deciding the issue. (wishful thinking I know) Most of us in a corporate environment know that business has adopted it as policy just to stay out of trouble. Here's the link to the article...
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/12/11/supreme-court-wont-hear-lgbt-job-discrimination-case/940028001/
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