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It this legal in New York? Where a man is allowed to eat at a bar but a woman is not?

• blunte 8y ago
  As with my rules and non-rules, it's ultimately a question of a court battle. Particularly in the case of restaurants and businesses choosing not to provide service to homosexuals, it depends on the state. But it also still depends on the courts to enforce or clarify rules. Unfortunately what this all means is that unless someone is looking for a potentially lengthy and costly legal fight, the rules don't matter. The flipside of this is that even if there are rules, a motivated litigant can make it not worth the opponent's time or money to fight. In this specific case, the best way to get "justice" would be to push a publicity campaign to make the restaurant feel pressure and change its ways. But that too requires effort and time to do, and success is iffy. Keep in mind that it's NYC, and there are more diners than good restaurants usually. So if she gets angry, and even if she gets a few thousand other people angry, that restaurant still probably won't suffer.
• bradleyjg 8y ago
  No. But writing this article likely accomplishes what she hoped to accomplish faster and cheaper (in opportunity cost) than filing a lawsuit.