Posted on 07/04/2023 9:40:38 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
I am very glad that the sign iin the grocery store that mom and I shopped at in the 1950’s still stands:
” We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone.
Thank you,, the Mamagement.”
right to refuse to serve members of a protected class.
What the hell is a “protected class” ?
The list is endless. Should a Jewish web designer be required to create a site for a Neo-Nazi group?
Of course, the left only knows how to distort perceptions and appeal to emotions without reason.
I remember, years ago, making these same points. It has nothing to do with the _person_, it has everything to do with the _content_.
The first such example that popped into my mind was should a Muslim web designer be forced by the state to publish a website with a picture of Muhammad?
Yes! Excellent!
Oh, please don't throw me in the briar patch!
That was the stance that made life hell for blacks.
Should Clara Jeffery, editor-in-chief of Mother Jones, be compelled by the state to publish articles in Mother Jones that support conservative candidates for president of the United States?
I seem to remember signs that said “ We reserve the right to refuse business to anyone”.
Afraid that you’re wrong. Should a grocery store or department store that’s open to the public be able to forbid blacks from entering, solely because they’re black? Obviously that violates Equal Protection. Now, if it was a private club, that would be (and is) a different matter.
“This is a great example of why I hate liberals so much. We’re constantly told that the oligopoly of the largest social media companies on the planet can discriminate against anyone at anytime for any reason, no questions asked since they’re private companies. We’re also told that an independent baker, florist, photographer, web designer, can’t refuse to do business for same sex weddings. Of course, they cheered when a florist in Tennessee refused to make floral arrangements for a GOP meeting.”
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Hypocrites of the first order. But these are not liberals, these are Leftists - who have no principles at all, save dominance over others. 20th Century liberals might disagree with you, but they generally played by the rules.
Incorrect as usual.
Of course it is not illegal. Nor would it be unChristian or unethical.
You have the right to turn down ANY commission for ANY reason.
Including that you just do not like his face.
For example I would never work for Dr Brown because working for someone who promotes slavery is just wrong.
I know, and that’s where the laws came from. Nevertheless, the Constitution doesn’t outlaw being an asshole. I think these days, the market would take care if people like that.
The correctness of the Supreme Court’s ruling is made crystal clear by those questions. Game, set and match.
You shouldn’t even need the list of examples. The simple question is: should anyone be forced to perform for someone against their will? If so, how is that not slavery?
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Some people are jerks, and will refuse service to someone for stupid reasons (I don’t like Conservatives, I don’t like the Irish, etc). It happens. But that does not excuse forcing anyone to do anything they do not want to. “Joe is a jerk, so therefore Jill must do things she doesn’t want to”? That makes zero sense.
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The first exceptions were made for public accommodations, like no hotel rooms for traveling blacks in the South... where actual danger could loom for a black family having no place of shelter... but even those possibilities are far more rare and specious these days. (Heck, it seems like the majority of hotels are owned by someone from India these days anyway.)
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The Left, as always, is simply exploiting the Law to continue to push their agenda, and anything that gets in their way must be opposed and screeched about... even quasi-slavery.
The decision is an excellent read. What surprised me was the decision’s entire focus upon the freedom of speech, rather than religion. This decision aligns perfectly with the recent decision about the FBI censoring Facebook posts.
Chances are the conservatives are already avoiding gay owned businesses, so yeah lady, go ahead and refuse to work with “Christians”. If you can find one.
And particularly the CORPORATE NETWORKS who OWN THOSE PROGRAMS.
Imperioli was nothing more than an EMPLOYEE OF THOSE COMPANIES!
Where’s your business, I’ll be more than happy to do business with you!
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