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[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

Someone being LGBT doesn't mean McDonald's is allowed to refuse them service, or ESSO is allowed to refuse to sell them gas, or a gym can refuse them membership. Why the fuck do you think a doctor should be allowed to refuse them treatment for a disease?

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Someone being LGBT doesn’t mean McDonald’s is allowed to refuse them service, or ESSO is allowed to refuse to sell them gas, or a gym can refuse them membership.

Patience, patience ... the GOP is working on this as well.

[-] kreskin@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Finally someone is doing something.

/s

[-] III@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Technically they aren't. By their plan, someone who is LGBT couldn't be refused service at McDonalds because they are to be arrested and thrown in jail on sight. Like, how would they have even gotten into McDonalds much less have the gall to ask for a Big Mac?...

[-] Joeffect@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

Doesn't this fall under the Hippocratic oath anyways? Or am I mistaken

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

The oath is a promise, not a law. People break promises all the time.

[-] lemmyseikai@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

If you are POTUS you get to break the law all the time too.

[-] bitchkat@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

Wasn't there a bakery that won a case allowing them not to sell wedding cakes to gay couples?

[-] Bgugi@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

No. The supreme court case you're thinking of only ruled that the state commission acted unfairly towards the bakery, not necessarily that the bakery was right or wrong in their discrimination.

[-] Brosplosion@lemmy.zip -4 points 2 weeks ago

What? They can totally do those things. They are private businesses who can reject whomever they want. Protected classes are only protected for things like housing, employment, and public things (school/utilities/etc.)

[-] DRStamm@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

If that were true, the US would still have segregated lunch counters, grocery stores, and private buses. The Supreme Court may be getting us on the way there one day, but right now the only way that private businesses are allowed to discriminate against protected classes is to call the output work a "creative expression" like website design, floral arrangement, or cake decoration, and that's from the 303 Creative case.

Besides, how would it make sense if a company could bar you as a customer for being gay, but be compelled to employ you?

[-] Brosplosion@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago

There is no federal law that bans discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity in public accommodations, like restaurants, theaters and other businesses. However, state and local laws where you live may ban this kind of discrimination.

Source: https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/lgbtq-rights

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