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Make it a crime for a business to have the wrong opinion when it comes to who they want to serve FWIW, businesses who refuse to do business with people general
by dfxm12 3y ago
Make it a crime for a business to have the wrong opinion when it comes to who they want to serve
FWIW, businesses who refuse to do business with people generally win their legal cases [0], [1], [2], and I'm not sure if they are ever criminal...
0 - https://www.npr.org/2023/06/30/1182121291/colorado-supreme-court-same-sex-marriage-decision https://www.npr.org/2023/06/30/1182121291/colorado-supreme-c...
1 - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/04/us/politics/supreme-court-sides-with-baker-who-turned-away-gay-couple.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/04/us/politics/supreme-court...
2 - https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/11/06/christian-wedding-photographer-who-refused-to-celebrate-same-sex-marriage-wins-settlement/ https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/11/06/christian-wedding-pho...
- mullingitover 3y agoThese are selection bias, businesses who "refuse to do business with people" and then suffer the legal ramifications of their discrimination usually have lawyers who wisely tell them not to fight it in court because they'll rightfully lose. In these particular cases, it took a couple decades of court-packing to install the right reactionaries to get their token wins.
- dfxm12 3y agoIt would have been easy for the parent poster to not be so incredibly vague. I suspect it's because they are discussing this point in bad faith, ready to move the goalposts when any evidence to the contrary was brought up like this.