Re:Supreme Court Sides with Baker Who Turned Away Gay Couple
by overcast on Monday June 04, 2018 @11:35AM
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This Latino place down the street serves the best rice and beans ever, they also wont server you if you're wearing pants falling off your ass(literal sign). The 7-11 won't serve you unless you're wearing a shirt, and shoes. Businesses can server whoever the hell they want.
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Re:Supreme Court Sides with Baker Who Turned Away Gay Couple
by givinguflac on Monday June 04, 2018 @11:38AM
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Your statement is quite ignorant. There is a massive difference between business-specific dress codes (both of your examples), and discrimination based on the way a person was born.
Re:Supreme Court Sides with Baker Who Turned Away Gay Couple
by sirclueless on Monday June 04, 2018 @11:39AM
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Inadequate clothing is not a protected class under the Civil Rights Act. Hence there are major legal differences between refusing to serve a person because they are black, and refusing to serve a person because they are shirtless.
Re:Supreme Court Sides with Baker Who Turned Away Gay Couple
by overcast on Monday June 04, 2018 @03:44PM
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Sexual orientation is also not a protected class under the Civil Rights Act. Hence the topic.
Re:Supreme Court Sides with Baker Who Turned Away Gay Couple
by toiletfuneral on Monday June 04, 2018 @11:38AM
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So if a person stops being gay while they’re in the bakery, do they get a cake?
Everything you just described as criteria for refusal was by personal choice.
Re:Supreme Court Sides with Baker Who Turned Away Gay Couple
by overcast on Monday June 04, 2018 @01:48PM
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Religion is a personal choice, and protected. Sexual orientation is not protected by law.
Re:Supreme Court Sides with Baker Who Turned Away Gay Couple
by wang_li on Monday June 04, 2018 @12:09PM
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They could have gotten a cake if they had been willing to get one that didn't specifically express the homosexual nature of the wedding. The baker had no problem selling them a generic cake, the issue was that he didn't want to make a cake that expressed a message he disagreed with.
Re:Supreme Court Sides with Baker Who Turned Away Gay Couple
by jhall1468 on Monday June 04, 2018 @11:39AM
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No they can't. Exposing your ass and being shirtless aren't protected classes. You can't refuse service because someone is black, because it is a protected class.
Re:Supreme Court Sides with Baker Who Turned Away Gay Couple
by bokstavkjeks on Monday June 04, 2018 @12:31PM
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Pants falling down your ass isn't a protected class, so that's not really a fair argument.
Re:Supreme Court Sides with Baker Who Turned Away Gay Couple
by dangoor on Monday June 04, 2018 @11:39AM
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Those rules are based on behavior within the establishment, rather than who you are.
Re:Supreme Court Sides with Baker Who Turned Away Gay Couple
by overcast on Monday June 04, 2018 @11:42AM
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How I wear my clothes, is a part of who I am correct? What if baggy pants is part of my religion?