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Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work by kelnos on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @08:03PM (#21277546)
"Whites only" signs are illegal discrimination. I suppose I should have said, "for whatever legal reason they choose". If the state wishes to make discrimination based on sexual orientation illegal -- which I would support! -- then obviously things go differently.

There are a couple cases being heard by the Supreme Court right now that are attempting to argue that discrimination against gay and transgender people is inherently discrimination based on sex (which is a protected class everywhere in the US); I'm very interested in how that turns out.

Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work by radarsat1 on Thursday October 17, 2019 @05:37AM (#21280287)
It seems a little circular to say that your argument is based on what is legal, when the discussion is about what should be legal.

Anyways I think your point is mainly that there is a line between what is required of a business and what constitutes a right to self-determination / self-expression. Where to draw that line is certainly not obvious and we understand new things about it as society progresses. So in that sense I do understand your point of view, and I happen to agree that certain decisions regarding what work they take should be allowed by a business, but I hope the point has been made that you have to be careful what you wish for when stating absolutes like "for whatever reason they choose."

Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work by mike00632 on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @09:27PM (#21278103)
For the record, almost of all of the baking cases in the courts, including the famous Colorado baker case, are in states that have anti-discrimination laws for LGBT people. These cases are challenging the laws saying that it's the religious right to discriminate against LGBT people.