Freedom of association rights have nothing to do with businesses violating someone's civil rights because of religious claims.
Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion or national origin in hotels, motels, restaurants, theaters, and all other public accommodations engaged in interstate commerce. While sexual preference is not included, because the Arizona law included provisions that would allow the business owner to refuse service based on their religious preferences, they opened the door for the courts to rule against them on religious discrimination grounds. A better written law that allows them to discriminate solely on sexual preference might have passed constitutional muster but it would have shown the true colors of the supporters, and would likely have been even more wildly unpopular. On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 12:25 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > You should not be discriminated against by the government. > > Individuals should be able to freely associate with people of their choice. > Freedom of association was important enough to make the bill of rights. > Like most of these things if I have the right to choose who to spend time > with, don't I also have the right to chose who I don't want around me? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:369523 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
