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rhett o rick

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2. What I haven't seen discussed about the Indiana law is the fact that as written
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 04:45 PM
Apr 2015

is not limited to the LGBT community. The law gives anyone the right to refuse anyone of service. It essentially supersedes the accommodation laws that are intended to protect specific groups of people. Here's an example: Say that a particular businessperson wants to refuse service to members of the black community. All he has to do it claim he thinks they are gay and he is within his rights per the law. He doesn't have to prove that he thinks they are gay, he can decide on his own.

I think that in the states that allow discrimination against the LGBT community, the progressive non-gays should wear badges identifying themselves as gay. That way they would know when a business is bigoted and then they can go elsewhere.

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