Re:Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump
by lotsofpulp on Thursday January 07, 2021 @11:55AM
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I’m aware of race, religion, sex, age, and some other federally protected statuses in the US that a business can’t discriminate against, but what protected class would political affiliation fall under?
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Re:Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump
by jedberg on Thursday January 07, 2021 @12:26PM
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I never said political affiliation was protected. I was just pointing out that the blanket statement "they can kick out anyone they want" is not correct.
Re:Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump
by lotsofpulp on Thursday January 07, 2021 @12:34PM
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I was referring to your example of being forced to do business with a person wearing a MAGA hat. I am unsure if that falls into a protected class, that is federally protected at least.
Re:Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump
by silexia on Thursday January 07, 2021 @12:42PM
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Outside of race, gender, religion you can ban people for anything you like from your private place of business.
Re:Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump
by ThrowawayR2 on Thursday January 07, 2021 @12:20PM
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California does consider political affiliation as a protected class for employment purposes: https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/california-employmen...
That's what real liberalism looks like and it's something we need to extend to the federal level.
Re:Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump
by joshuamorton on Thursday January 07, 2021 @01:22PM
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Note that this is only for employment. A california business must not discriminate in hiring based on political affiliation, but can refuse to serve customers based on political affiliation.