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Aren’t political or religious groups protected?
by iNate2000 5y ago
Aren’t political or religious groups protected?
- pavlov 5y agoGoDaddy isn’t saying “we don’t sell our service to Sikhs.” They’re selling the service to everyone with the same terms, and the Texan group’s religious beliefs are irrelevant to their violation of the TOS.
- input_sh 5y agoProtected from GoDaddy's ToS? No, why would anyone be?
- alpaca128 5y agoThis has absolutely nothing to do with religion. Unless the Texans protesting against abortion are surprisingly not Christians but members of some other faith that forbids abortion. Some may claim abortion is against some vague "christian values" but those people either didn't read their own holy book or use it as a thinly veiled excuse to oppress other people.
- rsynnott 5y agoThey may be protected from discrimination, depending on local law. They’re not allowed demand that a company sell them something that it would not ordinarily sell to anyone, though.
- d_e_solomon 5y agoPolitical groups are not a protected class. https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/can-employers-discriminate-based-on-political-beliefs-or-affiliation.html https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/can-employers-discri...
- jtsiskin 5y agoThis feels more of a “sharing of private medical information” group than either of those
- dubcanada 5y agoDo you think every single political or religious group would be protected? If that's the case, everyone would be in one and nobody would be "not protected".
- RavingGoat 5y agoNo because you are choosing to be in one. I was not born a Methodist but my parents took me to a Methodist church as a child. I was not born with the desire or need to go to a Methodist church.
- MeinBlutIstBlau 5y agoPolitical is not. Religious is.