Posted on 03/01/2014 8:08:10 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
This story’s from Canada. But don’t worry, before you know it, a similar thing will happen in the United States. It will be interesting to see how liberals and their willing judicial accomplices will respond.
“Barbers in Toronto who refused to cut a woman’s hair have become the target of a human rights complaint, in a case that pits religious freedom against gender equality. When Faith McGregor went into the Terminal Barber Shop requesting a short haircut, she was told the shop only grooms men. The reason, co-owner Omar Mahrouk said, was that as a Muslim he could not cut the hair of a woman who was not related to him.”
The barber appealed to his Islamic religious beliefs for the refusal. This would be similar to an orthodox Jew or Islamic butcher who refused to slaughter a pig because of specific religious requirements regarding handling certain unclean meats.
While the rejection was not because the woman was a lesbian, it raises the same types of issues since the refusal of service had to do with gender. Under Canadian law, “business owners aren’t supposed to discriminate based on gender.” So what’s a Muslim barber to do?
Kind of makes you wonder why she picked this particular barber shop? Of all the barber shops in Toronto, she goes to one that is known for its Islamic beliefs. The place has been in business 1925 and no one has complained. Life goes on, even with the discrimination.
"Its client list includes former prime minister Paul Martin and actor Woody Harrelson, who can be seen posing with the owners in a photograph on the shop’s website. Some are standing behind the barbershop’s owners, pointing out that there are women-only spas and gyms."
If this woman doesn't like an all-male barber shop, then let go and open her own shop that only caters to lesbians. She's free to do so.
With the way the courts are ruling and the media are reporting on these types of issues, we're going to see homosexuals purposely going to places of business to test the legal limits of these new laws. The goal of the homosexual movement is to shut down all dissent. The next stop will be churches.
Because our courts have made the behavior of same-sexuality a special protected class, the rights of homosexuals trump religious freedom.
In the past, federal law has protected people from having to go against their religious beliefs when it comes to employment. For example, the EEOC sued a trucking company when Muslim drivers were fired because they would not deliver alcohol to customers.
“Star Transport, Inc., a trucking company based in Morton, Ill., violated federal law by failing to accommodate two employees because of their religion, Islam, and discharging them, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. . . .
“According to EEOC District Director John P. Rowe, who supervised administrative investigation prior to filing the lawsuit, ‘Our investigation revealed that Star could have readily avoided assigning these employees to alcohol delivery without any undue hardship, but chose to force the issue despite the employees’ Islamic religion.’”
The federal law protecting the Muslim drivers is no different from the Arizona law that Gov. Brewer vetoed.
“John Hendrickson, the EEOC Regional Attorney for the Chicago District Office said, ‘Everyone has a right to observe his or her religious beliefs, and employers don't get to pick and choose which religions and which religious practices they will accommodate.’”
Did you get that? “Everyone has a right to observe his or her religious beliefs.” So why do employees have a right to exercise their religious rights but not owners of a business?
Should Muslim barbers be forced to cut women’s hair? Should a Muslim butcher be forced to butcher a pig and other unclean animals?
Our government has opened a very big can of worms.
OK, can you spot me moving the barbershop to inside the Saudi Arabian Consulate, and I'll put ten on the Muzzies?
Speaking of trumps, here's what one of my Facebook buddies had to say about this case:
A white, Christian male has the lowest hand — it’s like he’s got just one high card, maybe an ace. So almost everyone trumps him.
A white woman is just a bit higher — like a pair of twos. Enough to beat a white man, but not much more.
A gay man is like having two pairs in poker.
A gay woman — a lesbian like McGregor — is like having three of a kind.
A black lesbian is a full house — pretty tough to beat.
Unless she’s also in a wheelchair, which means she’s pretty much a straight flush.
The only person who could trump that would be a royal flush. If the late Sammy Davis Jr. — who was black, Jewish and half-blind — were to convert to Islam and discover he was 1/64th Aboriginal.
So which is a better hand: A lesbian who wants a haircut or a Muslim who doesn’t want to give it to her?
Liberals have a hierarchy of protected classes and between gay and muslim....gay wins.
in this case its the enemy and the enemy and we should encourage the infighting :p
Oops, this was supposed to be below on the Facebook friend’s comment, not in italics with your comment:
A white, Christian male has the lowest hand — it’s like he’s got just one high card, maybe an ace. So almost everyone trumps him.
Should a barber who specializes in men’s hair be forced to cater to women? Should dentists be forced to treat hangnails? Should roofers be forced to diagnose basement problems? Should a wedding dress designer be forced to design blue jeans? Should an oil painter be forced to draw in chalk?
There’s a lot of extraneous being thrown around, but the fact remains that the business owner is a specialist, he only works with men’s hair. She is not a part of his niche market.
Terminal Barber Shop
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Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
That sounds ominous
They’re Moslems and they cut in proximity to the neck...
The shop provides a service to a specific clientele: men. Another “shop”, a gynecologist for example, provides a service to a specific clientele: woman. What’s the problem?
Sure. Until the Muslims decap them. Then the straight dems. Then the enviros.
you know. The usual.
Christian male barbers refusing to cut lesbian’s hair, a horrible, disgusting, terrible crime against humanity, worthy of their torture and execution. Muslim male barbers refusing to cut lesbian’s hair, a noble, courageous, thoughtful deed, worthy of the entire world’s admiration. Yeah, right. What a bunch of scum bags.
Haven’t they just decided recently to let gynecologists work on men too??
A lesbian who likes the way they cut men’s hair. Obviously.
Freegards
The Democrats want to, but they’re idiots.
There are plenty of other male-oriented hair salons in Toronto to choose from...
http://www.yellowpages.ca/search/si/1/Men%27s+Hairdressers+%26+Barber+Shops/Toronto+ON
That would never happen. Muslims are only good guys in movies anymore.
She’s just trolling for a place to stage faux outrage.
You must be one of those angry, narrow-minded tea party guys that my sociology professor warned us about. /sarc
“Hassan.....”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlMJfX_V6Ic
They don’t have that Muslim flair for styling the male cranium. Lesbians have to have a certain look only the Muslim barbers who exclusively cut hair for men can provide.
It’s the only thing that makes sense.
Freegards
lol
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