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TlalocW

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36. On other forums, I've made the suggestion
Tue Sep 30, 2014, 10:05 AM
Sep 2014

That instead of the stickers in Mississippi that businesses who are gay-friendly are putting in their windows (that nutjob Christians there claim is discrimination as well), that we do the following:

1. Pass a law that says your business can discriminate against GLBT
2. But you can only discriminate if you apply for and get a special sticker (no questions asked - just, "I want a sticker," bam! You've got one) that you HAVE to put in your business window that shows you discriminate. You don't have one? You've got to bake that gay wedding cake.
3. The stickers will let GLBT and their allies know that you don't want us to spend our money at your business, and we'll stay away in droves because as we're generally more polite, we don't want to put you in the awkward situation of making a living off of us.
4. The discriminating companies can then do business just amongst themselves and their shrinking demographic - content in the knowledge that even though they soon won't be able to make a living, they've shown God that they're on His side.

One guy didn't like the idea and asked me if I couldn't understand that there are some services people feel find with providing to the GLBT community and others they don't want to. So I amended the above so there would be 2 stickers - complete discrimination and partial discrimination, and the latter had to also post a list of what he or she would and wouldn't do for GLBTs. He kept objecting, but I told him I was on his side, and he was going to have to realize that if people like him want to be able to discriminate against gays then there needs to be a system in place to avoid conflict.

And of course, as a conservative, he didn't realize I was being sarcastic.

TlalocW

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poor bigot noiretextatique Sep 2014 #1
She's saved so she is so much better than the rest of us. Dont call me Shirley Sep 2014 #2
Gay peoples' money isn't green, didn't you know that? Manifestor_of_Light Sep 2014 #3
Have you LOOKED at modern money? Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2014 #19
We need prettier money like they have in Europe, with more interesting people on them. Manifestor_of_Light Sep 2014 #20
Yup... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2014 #24
Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2014 #22
Translation: She went out of business because of shitty customer service. muntrv Sep 2014 #4
Exactly underpants Sep 2014 #31
Sniff, sniff czarjak Sep 2014 #5
Sorry, Ms Sweet Cakes. Perhaps, if you had just opened your heart a little bit, ... DreamGypsy Sep 2014 #6
Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2014 #23
Radical Christian Summit. Apologies for using the word "Christian" to describe these outcasts. Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #7
We so need a new word... DeadLetterOffice Sep 2014 #10
I still like "crusader". Christian crusaders. And it has an interesting pedigree. Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #12
I suspect they'd like that one, though. DeadLetterOffice Sep 2014 #13
I think if you used the word with the right tone of voice they may not embrace it as you say. Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #14
*snerk* I like the way you think. n/t DeadLetterOffice Sep 2014 #15
... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2014 #25
I normally throw in the modifier TlalocW Sep 2014 #34
I've had good friends who self identified as fundamentalists and evangelicals. Warpy Sep 2014 #27
Right Wing Christians, maybe? Jamastiene Sep 2014 #28
Damn bigot! n/t RKP5637 Sep 2014 #8
clap clap clap... hibbing Sep 2014 #9
"To be judged by the Free Market for my visceral hatred -- ::sob:: -- is so unfair." byronius Sep 2014 #11
This bigot has mental hysterics issues. Lint Head Sep 2014 #16
Does this mean when the Duggar bunch drives up to a restaurant they should be refused service Thinkingabout Sep 2014 #17
Hug shenmue Sep 2014 #26
Some people just dont deserve to eat her precious cakes. ErikJ Sep 2014 #18
Bleat Cakes NBachers Sep 2014 #21
And after all that, there's a 50-50 chance that the marriage she painstakingly was a part of bulloney Sep 2014 #29
Hypocrite! jaxind Sep 2014 #30
After careful consideration I'd have to conclude: drynberg Sep 2014 #32
DUzy! tomm2thumbs Sep 2014 #33
Crocodile tears. EEO Sep 2014 #35
On other forums, I've made the suggestion TlalocW Sep 2014 #36
This may just be the stupidest thing I have ever seen... world wide wally Sep 2014 #37
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