tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900870923576954613.post71748172206357091..comments2023-12-21T17:40:26.585+00:00Comments on Atheist MC: Gay couple win B&B room ban caseSteve Bowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15243178223616240845noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900870923576954613.post-91432688262085308172011-01-24T04:05:06.082+00:002011-01-24T04:05:06.082+00:00In principle at least, discrimination of this kind...In principle at least, discrimination of this kind in America could be handled under the Civil Rights Act. You'd have to have case law establishing sexual orientation as a suspect class first, of course, which is the tricky bit. I think this may change soon, however, if the Olsen/Boies case against California Proposition 8 of 2008 makes it to the Supreme Court and Justice Kennedy jumps the right way.Tony Sidawayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05574184901254178514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900870923576954613.post-20485432798590384692011-01-19T07:01:05.542+00:002011-01-19T07:01:05.542+00:00Yup, the only people that should have the right to...Yup, the only people that should have the right to turn down any customer is the owners of actual religious establishments, not those that have no other excuse other than they believe.<br /><br />Wish stuff like this would happen in America, but 9/10 times it happens anyway. Mainly because so few states actually have those anti-discrimination laws, or the laws are very weak.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com