[Maceman]

This is an outrage, pure and simple.

The “discrimination laws” in this country should have applied only to the government under the U.S. Constitution.

This ruling (and most of the discrimination laws passed after 1964) are an example of the left wing takeover of the Civil Rights laws.

There is no such thing as a right to a job. A job is simply a trade of labor for pay. It is an economic transaction no different than the purchase of an item in a retail store.

Is it illegal if a consumer decides not to patronize a store because he doesn’t like the race/gender/religion of an owner?

The answer is NO.

So why should it be illegal for an employer to refuse hiring a potential employee for the same reasons?

The right of free people to voluntarily engage in free association and free economic trade is a God-given right. The government has no right to intervene in a voluntary transaction between an employer and an employee period.

This travesty has led to the current situation where the government can arbitrarily impose all sorts of costs on a private business, and the result is in no way a “public good.”

[Dubh_Ghlase]

Over 30 years ago, I interviewed with a Fortune 100 company that was known for being very straight-laced on their dress code. I was a bit older, but was fresh out of college and showed up complying with their dress code. The only thing out of place was that I was sporting a full (but neatly trimmed) beard. The last question the interviewer had for me was if my job was conditional on my shaving my beard, would I. I looked him straight in the eye and told him I had worn a beard longer than I had been married, and it would be like a divorce to me if I did so (plus I am ugly as sin without a beard anyway). He laughed, and I got the job...

Some things you can't compromise on...