Private property, even that used for businesses, is still private. The federal government has very limited powers granted to it explicitly in this area, and most states constitution limit their legislators in the same way.
You can't make people get along. It's funny how those who talk the most about tolerance, often practice it least. On May 19, 2014 11:59 AM, "LRS Scout" <[email protected]> wrote: > My gay bar must hire the Christian bigot, and my Christian book store just > hire an atheist or homosexual? > On May 19, 2014 11:57 AM, "Judah McAuley" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> I disagree. If you open a business to the general public, you have an >> obligation to abide by a certain set of standards. Those include health >> and >> safety, public accessibility, and, yes, non-discrimination standards. That >> is part of being in a community. >> >> I'm ok with private groups doing their own little freaky thing, like >> Augusta Golf Club when they didn't allow female members. Dumb, but >> whatever. I'd generally lump in churches under the private club label as >> groups that are intended for an exclusive set of people, not generally >> open >> to the public. Dumb, but whatever. >> >> Cheers, >> Judah >> >> >> On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 8:29 AM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> > She's right, as an individual, and as a private business owner you >> should >> > be able to interact with those you choose. >> > >> > The communities response should be to not do business with those they >> find >> > abhorrent. The individual or business will be forced to either change >> > their policies, or fail. >> > >> > >> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:370177 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
