His win is a direct result of the Supreme Court’s decision in a pivotal LGBTQ+ rights case.

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    11 months ago

    They absolutely have the right to post such things(first amendment). They just have to be willing to accept any consequences as a result.

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      11 months ago

      So in your example Black people have no right to a service if the location does not wish to serve them? If the next closest location is a days drive away so be it? Maybe they just need to go live closer to those services?

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        11 months ago

        Yes. As a business owner they can refuse business to anyone. They also have to deal with any fallout as a result of such a racist policy.

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      An atheist living in Saudi Arabia absolutely has the right to walk into the public square and shout that god does not exist. They just have to be willing to accept the consequences of execution as a result.

      Stating a fact of physical ability does not contribute any additional information in a discussion about legality.

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          You absolutely do not have the right to post a sign like “No Hispanics” at your restaurant, under current US law (Civil Rights Act of 1964). You do not have to wait for an actual hispanic person to show up and be refused service to be liable - the presence of the sign alone is already in violation and can get you fined or imprisoned. You cannot claim “This sign is just for decoration as an expression of my 1st Amendment rights, we would never actually enforce it.” In this way, the Civil Rights Act already does abridge your right to write any sign you want, ironically in direct contradiction to the “Congress shall make no law” language of the 1st Amendment.

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      So they can post the sign as long as it’s just decoration? The fuck are you talking about?

      Explain to me how the first amendment pertains at all to refusing service to people based on race or sexual orientation.