RE: Hypocrite Liberals imposing their beliefs
July 23, 2015 at 3:52 pm
(This post was last modified: July 23, 2015 at 4:27 pm by Neo-Scholastic.)
(July 23, 2015 at 12:09 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: Except America has a colorful history where people were refused service. Hence, we have laws that if you own a public business, you cannot refuse service to anyone based on their race, religion, creed, etc. The question is only whether or not LGBT should be a protected class or not.Protected classes are required when there is a compelling state interest to interfere with the free market. The legacy of slavery was profoundly harmful and pervasive at a national level and for that reason alone made it a compelling state interest. In an age of Ellen Degeneres, I hardly see how intolerance of homosexuality comes even remotely close to racism.
It is important to remember, that segregation was government interference in the free market by the Democratically controlled South. Because we cannot go back in time, we will never know if removal of government intervention would have allowed the almighty dollar to overcome any remaining reluctance to serving all customers. In not then the lingering racism would have created an economic opportunity to open businesses catering specifically to a black clientele in the way some make-up companies cater specifically to women of color. Likewise it is hard to pass by a business in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago without seeing a rainbow flag hanging in the storefront.
