Quote:I agree with you in principle that discrimination of any kind is a deplorable act.  That is my own personal belief.  And I also agree with you that it's a bad way to do business... up to a point.

 

When you are talking about people running a private business that involves their own personal property, then they should have the freedom to chose how they run said business.  If their particular belief is that a certain group, whether it's because of race or sexual orientation is not someone they want to do business with, then they should have the freedom to do so.  What eventually happens to the business would be because of their own doing.  That is what freedom is all about.  Let them live or die as a business based on whatever decisions that they make.

 

A private business should never be forced to accommodate someone regardless of lifestyle, race or whatever.

 

I would ask, what kind of example(s) do we set for our children today?  Does the "average" father wear pants that are too big to where he has to walk around holding them up, and it meanwhile exposes his underwear?  Does that kind of action come from the example that we display to our children?

 

So if I, as a private business owner decided to ban someone dressed like in my above example from entering my business because I feel that it is morally wrong, should I be forced to serve him?  Think about the "no shirt, no shoes, no service" signs.

 

The same thing goes for a private business that might be owned by a deeply religious family.  Should they be forced to go against their beliefs because somebody that they don't agree with wants to do business?

 

Not sure if your example holds weight. You can put on a shirt, shoes. You can't change your skin color.

 

You can argue a business has the freedom to discriminate against an individual, but I'd argue in doing so you're taking away said individual's freedom in the process. I don't think one person (or business) should be afforded a "freedom" at the expense of another person's respective freedom. That shouldn't be the American way of doing business and should be outlawed outright. Under those circumstances, African Americans would still be fighting for their basic civil rights all these years later. I'd argue the freedom to discriminate isn't freedom at all. It contradicts the essence of the term "freedom."

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