Yes...they have to or be in violation of the law. -----Original Message----- From: LRS Scout [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, May 19, 2014 11:00 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Houston Pastor Says Religious Freedom Means the Right to Discriminate Against Gays, Jews
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:370205 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
