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Skittles

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60. IT'S THOSE UPPITY GAYS, GETTING MARRIED

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Sat Mar 28, 2015, 05:12 PM

Mar 2015

WE'LL SHOW THEM!!!

seriously, THAT Is what it is

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Why on Earth would any business refuse to serve anyone? [View all] MineralMan Mar 2015 OP

Exactly SickOfTheOnePct Mar 2015 #1

So far, I can't find any reports of any Indiana business refusing MineralMan Mar 2015 #2

And away we go.... Adrahil Mar 2015 #49

They didn't state the name of the restaurant world wide wally Mar 2015 #55

Nope. The caller didn't say... Adrahil Mar 2015 #74

Stupidity much like religion geomon666 Mar 2015 #3

True. Most of the cases I've seen reported have been MineralMan Mar 2015 #8

this law is supposed to create more incidents like that, emboldening a Christian Spring to rise. TeamPooka Mar 2015 #48

Time to open the lion pits! No wonder they did that! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2015 #68

Hey, don't forget there were lots of Abrahamic laws well before Mohamed started his cult erronis Mar 2015 #76

And like religion, it has its own practices and rituals the rest of us don't understand. nomorenomore08 Mar 2015 #43

And often one in the same! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2015 #67

99.9% of them won't. nt B2G Mar 2015 #4

I grew up in exactly that environment Fumesucker Mar 2015 #5

The gay guys I know spend tons of money! I gues their money is no good in Indiana. leftofcool Mar 2015 #6

And last I knew, their money spends just as good as mine. AngryOldDem Mar 2015 #16

You bet! leftofcool Mar 2015 #38

Two incomes... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2015 #39

To be clear, the vast majority of Indiana businesses will be happy to serve them... Adrahil Mar 2015 #51

Excellent suggestion!!! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2015 #69

I can see for certain things but not this. allforone Mar 2015 #7

Yes. I'm very selective about clients for my web content MineralMan Mar 2015 #11

I think the words of Robert A Heinlein sum it up nicey: 99Forever Mar 2015 #9

Hate is a powerful motivator. Zorra Mar 2015 #10

Well, places of public accommodation already are MineralMan Mar 2015 #12

I was pointing out that Jim Crow laws that discriminate against blacks, and Jim Crow Zorra Mar 2015 #32

But in general blacks had less wealth than whites mythology Mar 2015 #73

Irrelevant. The sole motivation behind Jim Crow laws is still hatred, also Zorra Mar 2015 #83

So The Montgomery Bus Boycott Proved Nothing (n/t) wellst0nev0ter Mar 2015 #102

If you refused business on behavior AwakeAtLast Mar 2015 #13

Well, yes. MineralMan Mar 2015 #14

Don't get it, either. AngryOldDem Mar 2015 #15

That would be a strange request, indeed. MineralMan Mar 2015 #19

I can think of one group of people I would tell to get the hell out of my place allforone Mar 2015 #21

A wise decision. Still, if they weren't carrying a sign, I don't MineralMan Mar 2015 #23

Without a sign I would't either but I remember reading where allforone Mar 2015 #28

Lawsuits are how they get money. MineralMan Mar 2015 #29

For one who had the Wellstone ruled Mar 2015 #17

Wow! Morons abound, I guess. MineralMan Mar 2015 #20

My mother told me that her grandma committed suicide because she hated being called a Nazi. I jwirr Mar 2015 #33

Small town life in the forties and fifties was not Wellstone ruled Mar 2015 #36

IMO it's still much the same today, laced with family clan behavior, cliques and religion. I would RKP5637 Mar 2015 #72

My dad owned a small business left is right Mar 2015 #18

Yup. Most business owners are glad for every customer. MineralMan Mar 2015 #22

Dp we have the same father? left is right Mar 2015 #45

Hate isn't "Logical".... hlthe2b Mar 2015 #24

You assume these people are logical FLPanhandle Mar 2015 #25

Doesn't have to make sense. moondust Mar 2015 #26

And many IMO would love to have full fledged ISIS judging from their comments and activities. n/t RKP5637 Mar 2015 #75

And from this. moondust Mar 2015 #80

It's very concerning. And then when the gov. wanted more investigation the republicans RKP5637 Mar 2015 #84

Expanding on that.... TheCowsCameHome Mar 2015 #27

Yup. I'm selective that way, too. MineralMan Mar 2015 #34

Cause God. nt edhopper Mar 2015 #30

Exactly, makes absolutely no sense... daleanime Mar 2015 #31

As a young man living in the South, I once had to stand mmonk Mar 2015 #35

It is headscratcher, isn't it? hifiguy Mar 2015 #37

Who can truly understand Teh Stooooopid? It's a belief system that valerief Mar 2015 #40

Playing devil's advocate - Ms. Toad Mar 2015 #41

exactly DrDan Mar 2015 #95

That's an even more appropriate example than mine. n/t Ms. Toad Mar 2015 #96

It might serve the Indiana businesses who do not and will not discriminate No Vested Interest Mar 2015 #42

Stickers are cheaper than full-page ads Jim Lane Mar 2015 #105

Stickers are one, inexpensive way of reaching the public who are right there No Vested Interest Mar 2015 #107

What happened to 'The customer is always right". benld74 Mar 2015 #44

I used to refuse service to drunks all the time when I was a bartender Cleita Mar 2015 #46

I don't discriminate at all. It is Tuesday Mar 2015 #47

Pence is a chickenshit, spineless "moderate" repuke! wolfie001 Mar 2015 #50

It makes zero sense.. mountain grammy Mar 2015 #52

I would refuse service under certain circumstances. Adrahil Mar 2015 #53

Because they're bigots, or they know their customers are mostly bigots. /nt Marr Mar 2015 #54

Always wondered about that too, but then we managed treestar Mar 2015 #56

Because they are zealots. eggplant Mar 2015 #57

HATE RUNS pretty DEEP MM!! yuiyoshida Mar 2015 #58

Some people get the idea that owning a business makes them a king.... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2015 #59

why does that remind me of Cal ... yuiyoshida Mar 2015 #65

He'll eat a bug! MineralMan Mar 2015 #93

and stand on his head yuiyoshida Mar 2015 #97

IT'S THOSE UPPITY GAYS, GETTING MARRIED Skittles Mar 2015 #60

Same here! In our businesses we were open to anyone, we wanted the business and to be friendly. RKP5637 Mar 2015 #61

So a KKK members walks in? Serve them? If black customers were in the restaurant? nt Logical Mar 2015 #64

In my restaurant, yes, everyone one is equal! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2015 #66

Wow, not that is some evil shit. nt Logical Mar 2015 #78

Let's see, in my restaurant eveyone is treated the same, regardless of who they are. n/t RKP5637 Mar 2015 #86

Hooded KKK members? Classy! nt Logical Mar 2015 #99

There would be exceptions, of course, what would yours be? n/t RKP5637 Mar 2015 #100

More reasonable than yours. nt Logical Mar 2015 #106

What do "remotely gay" people "look like" in your mind? LOL. bettyellen Mar 2015 #85

LOL, errrr, from a distance??? The manager in that place was RKP5637 Mar 2015 #87

Bigoted stereotypes are hilarious to you? Got it. bettyellen Mar 2015 #91

What does that mean? RKP5637 Mar 2015 #92

if you lived in a conservative area dominated by a homophobic church being a bigot could be dembotoz Mar 2015 #62

Good point. n/t DebJ Mar 2015 #101

Serve Racists? Nazi's? Homophobes? Get it yet? nt Logical Mar 2015 #63

I've been wondering the same thing. Vinca Mar 2015 #70

Considering in the 50's and 60's places refused service to "long-haired" and "barefoot" LiberalArkie Mar 2015 #71

So, how do they know if one is LGBT? Like in a restaurant. Is everyone supposed to carry an RKP5637 Mar 2015 #77

Because they feel their "worldview" is "the majority" view BumRushDaShow Mar 2015 #79

K & R Thespian2 Mar 2015 #81

Gay folks have an astonishngly small footprint outside big cities AngryAmish Mar 2015 #82

For the self-righteous pleasure. Almost always associated with religion. nm rhett o rick Mar 2015 #88

Especially since Conservatives, by and large... randome Mar 2015 #89

Depends. Igel Mar 2015 #90

last columbus day my friend & i got kicked out of 2 places because we were barefoot. pansypoo53219 Mar 2015 #94

I was surprised to see a "we reserve the right to refuse service to anyone" sign this morning IDemo Mar 2015 #98

This Indiana bill was designed to solidify the religiously insane voter B Calm Mar 2015 #103

Economic pressure by a loud, local asshat who says "Don't eat at Joes. He serves____s" McCamy Taylor Mar 2015 #104