MI business denies service to LGBT community but gives discounts to gun owners

"A Michigan car repair shop owner said he will refuse to serve openly gay customers -- and, yes, that is legal.

Brian Klawiter is the owner of Dieseltec in Grandville, Michigan. On Tuesday, he took to Facebook to announce in a verbose post that he has no problem refusing to serve gay customers on the basis of religious freedom. (Guns, however, are allowed and customers who bring in their firearms are eligible for a discount.)

"I am a Christian," he wrote, in part. "My company will be run in a way that reflects that. Dishonesty, thievery, immoral behavior, etc. will not be welcomed at MY place of business. (I would not hesitate to refuse service to an openly gay person or persons. Homosexuality is wrong, period. If you want to argue this fact with me then I will put your vehicle together with all bolts and no nuts and you can see how that works.)"

Zack Ford of ThinkProgress noted that if Klawiter decided to deny service to a gay person, he would likely face no legal repercussions because neither Michigan nor the city of Grandville have nondiscrimination laws protecting LGBT people in place. Michigan's nondiscrimination law, the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act of 1976, does not list sexual orientation or gender identity under its protection, according to LGBT rights advocacy group Equality Michigan. Thus, it is legal to deny LGBT people housing or service in stores and restaurants."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/16/car-repair-shop-gay-customers_n_7078370.html

Disgusting.