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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 12:41 AM Original message |
Couple Sues a Vermont Inn for Rejecting Gay Wedding |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
1. There is a religious exemption on the books so the church argument is moot.. |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 12:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Think about the business standard "right to refuse service to anyone" n/t |
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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 12:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. So Jim Crow was OK with you? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 12:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. They can't refuse to serve black people. |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 01:22 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. dagnabit I forgot to consider the hotel a "public accommodation" (Civil Rights Act 1964) |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 02:50 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Right. That is the difference. n/t |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 12:51 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Sorry. "Anyone" cannot supersede statutory mandates. |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 01:01 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Lemme know how that works out for ya. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
8. Due to their "personal feelings?" |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 04:30 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Oh, the couple will almost certainly wn this one. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 10:17 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I can't imagine how the innkeepers can get out of it, short of throwing the |
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