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If it were legal, and they made it known, would you?
If it were legal, and they made it known, would you?
I voted yes just because I want to stir up **** and get as many people as possible mad at me.
In reality, if a business had a sign in the widow or something that read "We hate the gheys and do not welcome them here" I would most likely just keep walking but since this hypothetical BS is never going to happen anyway and the thread is just bait to lure in some sucker to pounce on... what the hell, I'll be your huckelberry.
I shop wherever I want. I could care less about the politics of a business. I have purchased spices at Prenzys, owned by a flaming liberal. If I shop there, I'll shop anywhere.
You seem to be contradicting yourself. You said yes, you would patronize businesses that discriminate, then added that you'd tell everyone else not to shop there. Am I missing something?
If it were legal, and they made it known, would you?
As long as I am not breaking the law why not?
So if it was posted 'no guns' and it was legal anyway (in my state, there's no force of law behind the states, it's only trespassing if you dont leave if they find out)....would you do business there, whether or not you had a firearm on your person?
If it were legal, and they made it known, would you?
If it were legal, and they made it known, would you?
No, not knowingly. But discriminating against to me is different than just not agreeing with it. Had Chik Fil-A said they wouldn't serve LGBTs, I wouldn't eat there. But the guy has a right to his opinion. Well he did. He died. Probably not because he didn't like LGBTs.
(if what you are asking has anything to do with Chik Fil-A. If not, carry on and ignore me.)
As long as I am not breaking the law why not?
It only a place to buy things, not a statement on my world view. If a business sells what I want at price I want to pay, that's good enough for me.
That's the key. If the LGBT lobby wants respect, they should respect those who do not agree with them for religious or moral reasons. Chick Filet did nothing wrong. The CEO was only expressing his own views. The LGBT attempted to act as "thought police" and it backfired on them.
1.) WOW - do you not get the irony of that!!!
2.)Who is THEY??? They is the government... it is you who is saying the government should "come and get" the business owner b/c he is simply exercising his right to conduct his private business as he sees fit.
3.) Just as the homosexual has every right to operate a business and refuse to do business with a christian if he/she doesn't want - each person is free.
4.) Where people lose their freedom, is when government gets involved and uses force -
5.) it is you, and the LGBT groups that are seeking to use the power of government against others. You are the ones giving the power to THEY.
6.)It amazes me that Americans can't see these things - America is supposed to be about freedom first and foremost; and, ... the essence of freedom is the limitation of government.
3.) again there is no such right if we are talking illegal discrimination
4.) there is no force
4.) no the constitutions gives the power in this case, in reality any subjective fantasy you make up are meaningless to the topic
6.) and freedom is EXACTLY what equal rights is about freedom and rights . . . it is amazing then you can't see that
How does the FedGov have the authority to make it illegal??
You can make it illegal on the state level, but even then it is wrong.
Of course there is force, lol... the government FORCING the private business owner to engage in commerce with people he does not want to. His rights are being violated by the government.
The LGBT people may in fact be discriminated against by the business owner, but then again he owns a PRIVATE BUSINESS, in a free society it is his business to run as he sees fit.
In an authoritarian society - which is what you, and all leftists advocate, his "private business" is not his to run as he sees fit, rather it is under the control of the government. That is fascism.
Only thru tortured and twisted interpretations of the Constitution can such a power be granted to the FedGov. Again, if you want to pass such a law on the state level, that is entirely proper - just as Indiana's law is entirely proper.
"Freedom" is the limitation of government. "Equal rights" is not a concept conceived in liberty, it is a concept conceived in authoritarian forms of government, most notably communism. In this case fascism.
It is obvious you are lacking a proper Americanist education - as are almost all Amerikans. It has been the proverbial slow boiling of the frog - over 100 years in the making. Time was when Americans clearly understood the principles of freedom; now, most Amerikans are like you - sadly.
Lol I'll expand my view point a little too. I believe that when you live in a nation, you are to "render unto Caesar" or in other words, conduct yourself in a manner that is dictated by those who dictate the rules. This includes businesses.
If im an individual and I decide to operate in commerce, that is my free will. No one is telling me I have to open up a business. If the law of the land dictates that your business, apartment complex, etc can't refuse commerce to someone based on a set of guidelines, then you must follow those guidelines. Again, you are not being forced to operate a business. You operate one of your own free will.
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