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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: Kyle Ricky on July 28, 2012, 11:15:06 PM
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I am speechless. The ACLU is actually siding with Chick-Fil-A. Of course the DUmmies are kinda in agreement with it. Why wouldn't they, the ACLU is a left wing group.
I am posting this because the ACLU is right, and it is important for folks to understand why they are right.
"Viewpoint Discrimination" is an important concept.
-Can a town in Alabama deny business permits to a Disney store because Disney provides partner benefits to gay employees?
-Can a zoning board in Texas allow construction of churches but block construction of mosques?
-Can a state require that candidates take The Pledge of Allegiance to the flag in order to be on the ballot?
Although the ACLU strongly supports same-sex marriage, a senior attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois warned that if Chicago bans Chick-fil-A over the religious views of its management, it will be engaging in "viewpoint discrimination," Fox News reported Thursday.
“The government can regulate discrimination in employment or against customers, but what the government cannot do is to punish someone for their words,†said ACLU senior attorney Adam Schwartz. “When an alderman refuses to allow a business to open because its owner has expressed a viewpoint the government disagrees with, the government is practicing viewpoint discrimination,†he added.
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Chicago Alderman Proco Joe Moreno said he intends to block the chain from opening its second Chicago location over president Dan Cathy's position on gay marriage. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel supports Moreno's position.
Schwartz explained to Fox that "if a government can exclude a business for being against same-sex marriage, it can also exclude a business for being in support of same-sex marriage."
Read more: http://www.examiner.com/article/aclu-attorney-blocking-chick-fil-a-over-gay-marriage-viewpoint-discrimination
UPDATE: As Prosense helpfuly notes below, Alderman Moreno and Mayor Emmanuel have since backed off their position, saying that Chick-fil-a would be treated the same as any other business seeking to open a location in Chicago.
Read more: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021037239
The thing they are finally starting to realize is that Chick-Fil-A can sue for discrimination. The mayor of Boston has backed off of trying to force them from being there also.
I guess someone was watching Whoopie Goldberg's wonderful speech on free speech during the View last week.
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Was this posted on DU? Stop the presses!!
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There is a DUmp post about itPosted by cthulunumbers.
I'd put the link, but, copy/paste is disabled on this machine. (work)
Really nice campfire, too.
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From the thread:
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Response to annabanana (Reply #10)
Sat Jul 28, 2012, 07:28 PM
NashvilleLefty (140 posts)
11. True! There's one down the street from where I work
that usually is pretty busy during lunch. I have thought several times about going through the drive-thru, and "breaking down" right in front of the order-box or the drive-thru window. Forcing the drive-thru lunchers to either go in or go somewhere else. Then, when the tow-truck finally shows up my car would "miraculously heal itself" and I would drive off happily back to work.
:bird:
Dear Abby tries to play a legal scholar:
Response to cthulu2016 (Original post)
Sat Jul 28, 2012, 08:26 PM
DearAbby (11,751 posts)
15. I question the validity of the case...
hear me out.
WHY IS THE ACLU DEFENDING A BUSINESS? It has no constitutional rights. It's just a business.
I rest my case.
Response to DearAbby (Reply #15)
Sat Jul 28, 2012, 08:28 PM
WillowTree (2,010 posts)
17. But the franchise owners do have constitutional rights.
Response to WillowTree (Reply #17)
Sat Jul 28, 2012, 08:35 PM
DearAbby (11,751 posts)
18. They have the rights we the people granted them
Last edited Sat Jul 28, 2012, 08:41 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)
Again you are defending a business...Not the people who own the business. People have their rights, their rights ends where it goes to the product they sell. I don't believe the ACLU has a valid case here.
What?
DearAbby (11,751 posts)
32. Freedom of Religion is a different issue
not the same as zoning laws for a business. City planners aren't obligated to hand out licenses just for the asking. We have the right as citizens to dictate the shopping establishments we want.
What if I want a CFA in my town? Who the hell are you to stop it?
Even Luminous Animal is smarter than DearAbby on that thread, and that says alot!
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Some of them are so horribly confused there can be only one "final" solution. Oh no! I'm turning in to Dinklers.
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If I was "Dear Abby"...I think I would be quickly deleting my posts. :thatsright:
What's that phrase about keeping quiet lest people find out how dumb you really are, instead of only thinking you are? In Abby's case, she probably shouldn't answer any laws regarding Constitutional Rights.
I will say one thing about all this flap over Chic-fil-a. If one had questions about the intelligence level and reading comprehension ability of the "progressives"...all one has to do is read the comment section following the Chic-fil-a articles. Sad, so very sad....
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If I was "Dear Abby"...I think I would be quickly deleting my posts. :thatsright:
DOTY material? :???: :whistling:
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Response to WillowTree (Reply #17)
Sat Jul 28, 2012, 08:35 PM
DearAbby (11,751 posts)
18. They have the rights we the people granted them
Last edited Sat Jul 28, 2012, 08:41 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)
Again you are defending a business...Not the people who own the business. People have their rights, their rights ends where it goes to the product they sell. I don't believe the ACLU has a valid case here.
Did they have a valid case when they represented Planned Parenthood? Oh wait, you agree with PP, so that doesn't count.
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Response to annabanana (Reply #10)
Sat Jul 28, 2012, 07:28 PM
NashvilleLefty (140 posts)
11. True! There's one down the street from where I work
that usually is pretty busy during lunch. I have thought several times about going through the drive-thru, and "breaking down" right in front of the order-box or the drive-thru window. Forcing the drive-thru lunchers to either go in or go somewhere else. Then, when the tow-truck finally shows up my car would "miraculously heal itself" and I would drive off happily back to work.
Doesn't this idiot figure someone would push his vehicle out of the way? duh. What an idiot.
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Doesn't this idiot figure someone would push his vehicle out of the way? duh. What an idiot.
Have you ever known leftists to think about long-term consequences?
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Doesn't this idiot figure someone would push his vehicle out of the way? duh. What an idiot.
Knowing how hapless DUmmies are, he/she/it would probably pull this crap with a 3/4 ton dually behind him/her/it.
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Knowing how hapless DUmmies are, he/she/it would probably pull this crap with a 3/4 ton dually behind him/her/it.
LMAO!!! that would be awesome to watch!!!!
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Knowing how hapless DUmmies are, he/she/it/Pat would probably pull this crap with a 3/4 ton dually behind him/her/it.
Fixered it for you. Hi5 :-)
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My but are they not the bestest little fascists. Each day I become more convinced that this will not end peacefully. It won't take long, it will be bloody, but we won't have to worry about little totalitarians.
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18. They have the rights we the people granted them
Does that apply to gays too? :popcorn:
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Isn't there a law against preventing people or a business from doing business with each other which is why no one can block the entrance to say an Abortion clinic or the DNC National Convention any more then someone can deliberately block the drive through lane at a Chick-Fil-A?