ACLU: Blocking Chick-fil-A unconstitutional Viewpoint Discrimination

[TheKentuckian]

129. So, you'd support the decision of a locality to withhold permits because the owner

say donated to Planned Parenthood or was a member of Sierra Club or even because they had donated to a Democrat?

What goes in Baltimore and Chicago goes in Mississippi and Texas. You are arguing for a precedent that allows the prevailing local political/religious doctrine in a locality to discriminate against businesses of the opposite persuasion.

I don't think you are being philosophically honest or consistent. I don't believe for a moment that you'd have the same message if an business was denied a permit because the president/owner/ceo was an outspoken supporter of gay rights or Costco being denied the ability to open a store because they might lean Democratic or whatever absurd notion some backward ass community fancies.

You can only act against actual discrimination legally, that doesn't mean that individuals cannot boycott or even protest or that other businesses can't promote that they act within the comfort of the community but you can't eliminate equal protection under the law. I certainly do not believe corporations are people but even legal constructs designed to limit individual liability need to be treated equally within the limits created by their charters or soon you will create a wild west situation where the actual people are being discriminated against and yes I think it is discrimination to withhold the right to earn a living to a gay man who wants to open a restaurant because the local yahoos think the gay is evil and can get a majority of yahoos to back them on it.

I bet you'd figure out quick that a black owned business can be discriminated against, person or not.

I think there is and must be some room between no rights and personhood or you'll soon see a nightmarish and sectarian wave flowing across this country and restore a lot of real deal discrimination against minorities and women that will break your heart because it won't be women, or muslims, or blacks being denied it will just be their rightless companies. Never mind that the owner is prevented from a legal and desirable enterprise because the community has spoken. The community doesn't like that you wrote that maximum contribution to Obama, no store for you.