Do Businesses Have the Right to Refuse Service Based on Moral/Religious Objections?

[Toughy]

Originally Posted by HowSoonIsNow

Toughy,

Doesn't your government already tell you that you cannot discriminate in your private business against certain groups of people?

yes it does, however that does not mean I agree with the laws

Didn't your government intervene to stop unfair and prejudicial business practices with Title 2 of Civil Rights Act?

I'll take your word that it's Title 2 of the Civil Rights Act. I'm not so sure the goal has been accomplished.....depending on where you live.

I am asking if people believe that private businesses should be allowed to deny services based on that owner's religious or moral beliefs.

YES I do think private business should be allowed to deny services based on religious or moral beliefs. I don't believe they should get any tax break or any other governmental monetary reward for doing so. It needs to be a bad business model to deny services to anyone in a discriminatory fashion.

Because of the Civil Rights Act, isn't it true that a local store cannot deny a Muslim couple goods and services just because the owners don't approve of non-Christians?

Yeppers that is a true stateent. Ask any Muslim how it's working for them.

I thought that since this law has been in place since 1964 that people would largely agree that a private business cannot deny service--regardless of the owner's moral or religious beliefs--to someone based on that person's, race, religion, gender, or ethnicity....and, consequently, support a queer couple's right to goods and services as well.

As Gomer Pyle used to say SIR PRIZE SIR PRIZE with that goofy ass look on his face.

The problem with having protected classes is every time a new group gets added to the protected classes, a huge ass long nasty hateful debate occurs prior to adding them. Lines are drawn and folks are shoved in various boxes. The government finally adds them or doesn't add them and the nasty crap continues for at least 50 years.

It's not safe in parts of many states for a POC to be walking around....same goes for queers, muslims, jews, and _____ . It's been close to 60 years since the Civil Rights Act was passed. In many places the effect of that has been violence moving underground and folks still not safe.

In hind sight, one could argue that the Civil Rights Act has in some ways made it worse for the black community. Once integration passed and white businesses were forced to allow blacks in their businesses, thousands of black businesses went bankrupt. A booming black middle class came to a screeching halt as black business owners lost customers by the hundreds and had to close go bankrupt.

It's a hella big conundrum. What would have happened if instead of forced integration and decimation of black businesses, the government had allowed whites only business to continue, and had taken away every single tax deduction those white business were allowed? What if it had hurt the bottom line for those business?

These are just some thoughts that run through my head.