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FBaggins

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8. That wouldn't apply here.

Reply to backscatter712 (Reply #2)

Tue May 7, 2013, 12:24 PM

May 2013

Rejecting offensive content isn't discrimination on the basis of race/color/religion/etc. Whether or not we agree that it's offensive doesn't much matter.

You can't turn away black people, in at least some states, you can't turn away the GLBT community. And religion (or lack thereof in this case) is also a protected category under civil rights law.

And they would have much larger problems if they "turned away" the customer, rather than rejecting a specific order that offended them. It's the difference between a bakery saying "we won't produce a phallic cake for you sex party" and "we won't sell any cake to people like you"

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Utah Christian company refuses to print LGBT Pride shirts for atheist group [View all] DonViejo May 2013 OP

A dumb business decision IMO, but what are the grounds for a lawsuit? Nye Bevan May 2013 #1

When you open your doors to the public, you can't discriminate. backscatter712 May 2013 #2

I knew that applied to restaurants, stores etc. Nye Bevan May 2013 #3

That's what I thought. When I read this in the religion group my reaction was... hrmjustin May 2013 #4

that is for public accomodations. Shivering Jemmy May 2013 #6

All businesses that sell goods & services to the public are covered. backscatter712 May 2013 #7

Vote all you want. former9thward May 2013 #11

I'm not sure that technically applies in this case. Warren DeMontague May 2013 #13

That wouldn't apply here. FBaggins May 2013 #8

The Constitution Applies to Government, NOT Private Businesses. They Can Discriminate Legally. dballance May 2013 #19

Would there be support here for a group of Christians codemoguy May 2013 #5

Perhaps you should read the following wiki entry MattBaggins May 2013 #9

seems like an equivilant set of facts to me...n/t codemoguy May 2013 #10

A hypothetical situation never meets the test for being called facts MattBaggins May 2013 #12

Oh please. You must have an incredibly weak argument tritsofme May 2013 #16

We could stay on topic? MattBaggins May 2013 #17

I find it is very much on topic tritsofme May 2013 #18

i do not do business with various right wing companies and they shoud be able to avoid doing buisnes dembotoz May 2013 #14

AofU isn't suing them LadyHawkAZ May 2013 #15