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Have to say it: Having been refused service by a business for being gay, I hope more businesses start boycotting things like this. -- nm

Posted by MDH (aka MDH) Mar 23 '16, 10:42

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Stop forcing people to go to your weddings, then! - znufrii Mar 23, 10:53
Over the years, I've been refused service, mocked by store clerks, fired from two jobs, and assaulted for being gay. - ReluctantCynic Mar 23, 10:48 9
- wtf? that is entirely awful -- nm - Epiphany Mar 23, 11:06
- and yet we still tolerate you here - pixie ninja Mar 23, 10:52 1
  - Kind of surprising, isn't it? :-) - ReluctantCynic Mar 23, 10:53
- :-( -- nm - ML Mar 23, 10:51
- I don't think a business can have a religion -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 10:49 4
  - Agreed. That's the error of Hobby Lobby. -- nm - pmb Mar 23, 10:55
  - And I'm awfully concerned about the slippery slope in the personification of businesses for rights purposes -- nm* - ty97 Mar 23, 10:50 2
    - Agreed. -- nm - Krusty Mar 23, 10:57
    - I agree. I personally don't see how a business could sincerely express a religious identity. But I'm not enough of an expert ... - ReluctantCynic Mar 23, 10:52
As one who had been bullied for being gay, but is not gay, I have to wonder if such a business is open to slander/defamation suits -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 23, 10:47
"job-killing regulations for me but not for thee" -- nm - pixie ninja Mar 23, 10:43

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