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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Yes, exactly this. I don’t see much of a difference between this baker and all those people who refused to work for Trump’s inauguration. Either both have the right to refuse, or neither. I believe both have the right to refuse. (However, I thought the inauguration boycotters were pretty awful, since their refusal was rooted in an ideological opposition to the legitimacy of our system of government.)


44 posted on 12/08/2017 5:52:02 PM PST by Kanakabaraka
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To: Kanakabaraka
Yes, I have the right to choose who I wish to work for. And truly, along with the right of self defense it is one of the most basic of all rights.

I would say the same about some small shops where everything is in another language. People who do not speak Spanish or Mandarin or Hindi or Thai are not welcome in those shops and that is their right. It is a bit short sighted but still, their right.

Although some will place the blame on the Civil Rights decisions of the sixties (and with some justification) it's roots are in the state Jim Crow laws that forced businesses to have separate accommodations.

It was at this point that people let the government begin to tell them who they could work for and how they must serve them. State or federal it was a very bad idea and a deep infringement on natural rights.

If the SCOTUS had stopped at saying that those laws were wrong then perhaps we would not be in the place where we are now.

And if, ifs and buts were candy and nuts we would all have a Merry Christmas. :)

Still the point has to be to now clean up this mess one hundred years in the making and once again uphold the right to be able to say, "Yes, I will or No, I will not" without having your life and property endangered.

45 posted on 12/08/2017 8:02:19 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles! (pink bow))
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