Manhattan court rules: no obligation to make wedding cakes for gays

[Delmar]

Sat Apr 28, 2018, 08:27 AM
Star Member Soph0571 (583 posts)

Judge rules that bars can kick out patrons wearing MAGA hats

Last year, a man from Philadelphia visited a bar in New York City and ended up leaving “humiliated, degraded, victimized, embarrassed and emotionally distressed” after he was refused service.

Greg Piatek, 31, claimed he was denied drinks at The Happiest Hour bar last January because he was wearing a red “Make America Great Again” hat. According to Piatek, the episode left him with “anxiety and severe emotional distress,” prompting him to sue the bar’s owner for “egregious, unlawful, and discriminatory conduct.”
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“The Make American Great Again hat was part of his spiritual belief,” Piatek’s attorney, Paul Liggieri, claimed in court according to VICE News. “Rather than remove his hat, instead he held true to his spiritual belief and was forced from the bar.”

The bar’s legal team argued that support for Trump “is not a religion” and is not covered by state discrimination laws. The judge agreed and ruled Piatek’s team failed to establish “any faith-based principle to which the hat relates,” thus dismissing the lawsuit.


[link:http://deadstate.org/judge-rules-that-bars-can-kick-out-patrons-wearing-maga-hats/|

Heh

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210550332

Replies celebrating discrimination and violence.  Civil war is inevitable.

Response to Soph0571 (Original post)Sat Apr 28, 2018, 08:29 AM
Star Member CurtEastPoint (8,774 posts)
1. And making the white power sign. Nice. **** you, you twat

There is a photo of the guy making the ok sign--that's what this primitive is calling a white power sign.

Response to Soph0571 (Original post)Sat Apr 28, 2018, 08:31 AM
Star Member Cha (206,468 posts)
2. Wahwah.. poor widdle

trump cult victim

Response to Soph0571 (Original post)Sat Apr 28, 2018, 08:31 AM
Ohiogal (2,837 posts)
4. Poor snowfwake!

Take your hate and ugliness somewhere else. Preferably stay home.

Response to Soph0571 (Original post)Sat Apr 28, 2018, 08:46 AM
Star Member democratisphere (8,651 posts)
6. MAGA hat + alcohol equals Bar Fight.

Fine.  If that's how it's going to be, then go find a gay baker to make your damn wedding cake.

[SVPete]

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Fine.  If that's how it's going to be, then go find a gay baker to make your damn wedding cake.

Catholics and Lutherans (LCMS and WELS, not ELCA) have too much class and respect for God to seek out a gay baker and ask them to bake a First Communion (Catholics) or Confirmation (both) cake and sue if refused. But that class and respect aside, it's not an unrealistic scenario.

[Texacon]

I just saw that thread and was about to bring it over for the same reason. How they ignore the parallel is beyond my understanding. I’m really hoping someone calls them out on it.

It was dumb for the guy to claim it was part of his spiritual beliefs, but if you can refuse service based on your political beliefs, you can refuse service based on your political beliefs. Or your religious beliefs, or your moral beliefs, or just because you don’t like the way they’re dressed.

KC

[Mary Ann]

What if the guy had worn a "Gays for Trump" hat??????????????

[Old n Grumpy]

MineralMan (106,735 posts)
12. If I owned a bar, there would be large sign on the bar back, reading:

Assholes Will be Refused Service in This Establishment

So you would refuse service to democrats? and DU members as well?

[I_B_Perky]

Star Member Soph0571 (583 posts)

Judge rules that bars can kick out patrons wearing MAGA hats

I bet that same judge would take great exception if the same bar kicked a patron out for wearing a Obama or Hillary hat.