Patters

For those of you who don't believe there's discrimination against gays, here's a good example. By the way, in 31 states its legal to discriminate against gays. As I understand it, you could legally fire someone, deny them housing, etc. because they are gay.

http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?...JkjT4+qGjh8%3D

A gay couple looking to rent a hotel room say they were turned away because of their sexuality. "She wasn't discreet about it," said Jason Pickel, referring to a hotel employee. "She was not apologetic. She just said, 'We do not rent to gay people.'"

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News19 contacted the hotel, posing as a potential renter, and inquired about two men staying in the same room. The receptionist who answered the phone told us the following: “Our policy is we don’t rent to two people of the same sex if we only have one bed.” “Is that your policy,” we asked. “That’s corporate policy because they only have one sleeping area.” We then asked, “Okay, but they can't share the bed?” "I suppose they could, but most men don’t want to," she said.

However, when News19 called the owner of the hotel, Carroll Atkisson, he says there had been some confusion. He says any couple can come to the place and they will rent to them, period. Atkisson says the policy was not mean to target homosexuals. He says they were just trying to stop two single people from being in the same bed.

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Currently, there is no state law preventing a hotel from refusing service to a same-sex couple. However, it is illegal to discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, gender, disability, or marital status.

3 to be 4

A good reason why I moved from South Carolina. That kind of thing is just wrong. There are also a lot of motels in South Carolina that will not rent a room to a non-married heterosexual couple. Or Bi-racial.

Ignorance and discrimination does exist.

Interesting, however, that you posted it minutes after I posted an article describing anti-christian discrimination.
Yes, Patters, I understand homosexuals are discriminated against, but dont think its all because of Christians and/or other "religious" people. Many secular people are bigoted against Gays as well. Go to any schoolyard or bar and listen.
And as ive stated before, I speak out against Christians who focus their energies carring on about Homosexuality.

That hotel should pay a heavy price for their behavior and its a good thing that kind of action is brought to light.

Danny Boy®

Why? Cant we just let the consumer decide?

QuiGon

So what's the problem...? If someone wants to deny immoral activity from going on in their property, they should have that right.

BelichickFan

Whatever. I'm against civil rights laws so I'm fine with it. If they want to cut off a part of their customer base, whether it's gays, blacks, jews, men, ugly people, that's their choice; or it should be anyway, I understand what I said isn't legally correct.

Regarding gays in particular a hotel's a little different because it's short term. But let's say I own an apartment triplex - if I think that I would have trouble renting the other apartments because of having a gay couple; well too bad but I'm not renting to them. Sorry. Good business decision.

DarrylS

Isn't SC the state that wants to create some type of theocracy there?? Remember reading somewhere that they wish to become the home of the Christian right.

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Patters

You seem to believe that capitalism is perfect (yet never responded to my point about the farmer's plight in another thread). The problem with your point is that it leads to social unrest, which is a problem that transcends business decisions. Along the same lines, it leads to greater and greater polarization as people, even more than they do today, gravitate towards communities that live up to their values. This is the kind of problem affecting Iraq for instance, where the divides between Sunnis Shiites, and Kurds leave the country two options: civil war or brutal dictatorship. Also, it's only a good business decision if it's legal. By making discrimination illegal we keep the playing field equal, so your point is only valid in a society that sanctions prejudice.

QuiGon's point about each individual having the right to wield his or her own morality against others would of course lead to chaos if it was practiced by large numbers.

taltos

The hotel did nothing illegal. I would be more concerned about them not allowing children in their suites. I am totally against protected classes of people. If this makes me a bigot, so be it.

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Patters

So, do you support making kids a protected class or not? What about blacks and women? How about Christians? Should it be okay to discriminate against those groups?

taltos

I am for enforcing laws equally without increasing penalties into hate crimes as is now done. Anyone who is abused or discriminated against by virtue of the violator's superiority (age, position, or superior strength) should be protected by laws that take into account that superiority. Christians can take care of themselves, and I am a Catholic, and I see as much black on white hatred and discrimination as I do white on black.

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