Quote:I do not agree. I do not equate speech for association. Speech is just that. Association to me, is not the same thing, and my understand the right has been interpreted to mean freely joining or leaving a group. Not in the manner the right likes to use it which is to openly discriminate based on any myriad of traits of a fellow American.


I think anti discrimination laws are fundamental to all citizens being able to experience the American way of life.


To me it comes down to this. If you chose to do business with the public, then you chose to do business with the public at large.

Public access, equal treatment under the law, equal opportunities all of that yea. But when you tell a private individual or private business they can not refuse service for whatever reason you are now using the force of the state in a manor it was never intended.


I think it was A&F the clothing company that for years had a weight policy and image policy for their sales associates, to put it nicely they didn't want fat and ugly people selling their clothes. Whole vain and stupid I understand it's their image and that's what they wanted to portray clothing for skinny good looking people. Why should I be able to claim discrimination when they won't hire my fat but beautiful self to sell their skinny pretty people clothes?


It's the same principle it a black barbershop doesn't want to cut my Columbian curly hair why should I be able to force them to let me pay them for services?


I think my whole point was responding to the statement that the left doesn't want to enforce policies to avoid offending different groups, my point is the core of many left leaning policies is ending offensive actions and thoughts. Anti-discrimination laws as they exist are the prime example.

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