Employment is different though.
Quote from: The Nuke Before Christmas on December 08, 2014, 06:51:47 PMQuote from: challengerX on December 08, 2014, 06:49:48 PMDenying anybody service because of their beliefs is wrong.And it should be up to the consumers to show them how wrong they are.In other words, put them out of business. Set social standards without having to get the law involved.That's against everything America and all other Western nations stand for. What if you're a minority in a town of white people? You can't get a bottle of water because they don't want to serve you (apart from the degradation and humiliation of that), you have nobody who will rally with you to bring the place down financially because all the other white folks keep going. No. Hell no. We just got rid of this shit half a century ago and you want to bring it back? What's next, segregated schools and water fountains?
Quote from: challengerX on December 08, 2014, 06:49:48 PMDenying anybody service because of their beliefs is wrong.And it should be up to the consumers to show them how wrong they are.In other words, put them out of business. Set social standards without having to get the law involved.
Denying anybody service because of their beliefs is wrong.
For the same reason they should be allowed to deny services to Nazis.
and it's very likely that segregated parts of town will develop based on what businesses serve what customers.
Quote from: Mad Max on December 08, 2014, 07:39:03 PMand it's very likely that segregated parts of town will develop based on what businesses serve what customers.Do you think segregation could've occurred as seriously as it did without the Jim Crow laws?
Quote from: Mad Max on December 08, 2014, 07:39:03 PMPart of me agrees that businesses should be allowed to deny service to customers for any reason. The other acknowledges how fucking retarded some communities are, and it's very likely that segregated parts of town will develop based on what businesses serve what customers.But that's kind of why we have the ability to set laws by city/state.If things get out of hand, that's where the law steps in. If local law is being unreasonable, then you take it to the state level.
Part of me agrees that businesses should be allowed to deny service to customers for any reason. The other acknowledges how fucking retarded some communities are, and it's very likely that segregated parts of town will develop based on what businesses serve what customers.
But they are allowed to do that...