[suebee]

Originally Posted by DomnNC

I have already answered that question. We have laws in our Civil Rights Bill that states you cannot refuse to sell as you said a black person a hamburger, we have all those rights for minorities (except LGBT) as far as public services go, restaurants, hotels, etcetcetc.

Again, the question was and I don't care if ya'll say 100 times that you were referring to LGBT people or not. The question was does a business owner have the right to refuse a service based upon his/her moral or religious belief?. I stated two perfect examples of providing a service to someone who *I* would object on MY moral compass to provide those services to regardless if they were indeed a minority themselves! If we had a law where a business owner could NOT object to provide service based upon his/her moral/religious beliefs then YES I would have to provide those services in those two instances. That's what I'm saying and no one can seem to comprehend that!

And no suebee, that is NOT the question, no where in that question does it say discriminate against. The question, hell I'm not going to repeat the question again because it has been sidetracked backwards and forwards. If you want to say Does a business owner have the right to discriminate against anyone based on his/her moral/religious beliefs then ask that! Don't ask does a business owner have the right to refuse service based upon his/her moral or religious beliefs! It's TWO entirely separate questions!!

Apparently 62% of the people taking this poll believe as I do that they should have the right to do so!

Okay. Under what circumstance should a business owner have the right to refuse service to clients/customers? On religious grounds? Should certain minority groups be protected, or does the business have the right to pick and choose who they serve and for what purpose? Here in Canada we have laws in regards to discrimination and hate speech and crimes. Would that work in the U.S. and why or why not?