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ORIGINAL: peterK50
I've been in numerous restaurants where there is a prominant sign "We Reserve The Right To Refuse Service To Anyone".

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ORIGINAL: Chaingang

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ORIGINAL: peterK50
I've been in numerous restaurants where there is a prominant sign "We Reserve The Right To Refuse Service To Anyone".

Yeah, I call bullshit. To refuse someone service except for justifiable cause is discrimination and leaves you open to a lawsuit.

I have seen that kind of sign before also. It's not true, but the business is asserting it as if it were true when it's not. Obviously they do that because the sign becomes the symbol of authority with a troublesome customer, and to serve that purpose it doesn't have to be true. It's a bluff.

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ORIGINAL: Chaingang

LadyEllen:

Could they refuse you housing? In the U.S. the answer is "no, they could not refuse you housing." Just keep extending it out. In the U.S. this stuff is generally covered under Title 42 of the federal codes.

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Breaking the law is illegal. That's not difficult to comprehend, for me at least.

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ORIGINAL: Mercnbeth

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Breaking the law is illegal. That's not difficult to comprehend, for me at least.

peter,
We agree and it's good to have you on board against illegal immigration! Remember to vote accordingly.

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ORIGINAL: Mercnbeth

The best source of truth and facts about a group of people or a religion are their actions. Those that espouse tolerance and acceptance of the Muslim religion ignore their actions in countries under their control. If woman can't show their head in Iraq, or drive in Saudi Arabia; well it's their country and their 'right' to inhibit freedom. If woman are stoned to death or whipped because they lost their virginity to a rape, its not a big deal. But what happens if a Muslim philosophy came to your neighborhood?

Currently there are two places in the world where Muslim religious beliefs supersede local laws or at least trump them.

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At least 20 dog-aided blind people have lodged discrimination complaints with the Victorian Taxi Directorate. Dozens more have voiced their anger.
And there have been several complaints that drivers refuse to allow passengers to carry sealed bottles of alcohol.
Victorian Taxi Association spokesman Neil Sach said the association had appealed to the mufti of Melbourne to give religious approval for Muslim cabbies to carry guide dogs.

Source: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,,20544559-661,00.html

Of course you come to expect this in the UK and Europe. Can't happen in the US? At liberal as the state of Minnesota is, I believe it's still a US state. Our taxes are used to pave the roads, the local municipality governs taxi licensing and laws. However, if you have to be picked up at the Minneapolis airport this Christmas make sure you aren't bringing a bottle of wine to your host.

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When flight attendant Eva Buzek returned to Minneapolis from a trip to France, five taxi drivers refused to take her home from the airport. The reason? She had two bottles of wine in her suitcase -- and the drivers were Muslims, who don't drink and refuse to have alcohol in their taxis.

Source: http://www.startribune.com/462/story/709262.html

Do you know it's against the law in NYC to refuse any fare as a taxi driver? I guess the political correctness as it applies to Muslims overrides all other laws and regulations? Discrimination is allowed if the discrimination is being done by Muslims.

A Christmas tree gets the ACLU up in arms. The cross on the LA emblem offends. Why not this issue? Aren't rights being violated?

Or lets apply this same religious perspective universally. Catholic taxi drivers can't take anyone to an abortion clinic. A Christian driver can refuse to accept a homosexual. Democratic drivers can refuse Republicans.

Does this concern anyone?

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ORIGINAL: thompsonx

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ORIGINAL: Mercnbeth

The best source of truth and facts about a group of people or a religion are their actions. Those that espouse tolerance and acceptance of the Muslim religion ignore their actions in countries under their control. If woman can't show their head in Iraq, or drive in Saudi Arabia; well it's their country and their 'right' to inhibit freedom. If woman are stoned to death or whipped because they lost their virginity to a rape, its not a big deal. But what happens if a Muslim philosophy came to your neighborhood?

Currently there are two places in the world where Muslim religious beliefs supersede local laws or at least trump them.

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At least 20 dog-aided blind people have lodged discrimination complaints with the Victorian Taxi Directorate. Dozens more have voiced their anger.
And there have been several complaints that drivers refuse to allow passengers to carry sealed bottles of alcohol.
Victorian Taxi Association spokesman Neil Sach said the association had appealed to the mufti of Melbourne to give religious approval for Muslim cabbies to carry guide dogs.

Source: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,,20544559-661,00.html

Of course you come to expect this in the UK and Europe. Can't happen in the US? At liberal as the state of Minnesota is, I believe it's still a US state. Our taxes are used to pave the roads, the local municipality governs taxi licensing and laws. However, if you have to be picked up at the Minneapolis airport this Christmas make sure you aren't bringing a bottle of wine to your host.

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When flight attendant Eva Buzek returned to Minneapolis from a trip to France, five taxi drivers refused to take her home from the airport. The reason? She had two bottles of wine in her suitcase -- and the drivers were Muslims, who don't drink and refuse to have alcohol in their taxis.

Source: http://www.startribune.com/462/story/709262.html

Do you know it's against the law in NYC to refuse any fare as a taxi driver? I guess the political correctness as it applies to Muslims overrides all other laws and regulations? Discrimination is allowed if the discrimination is being done by Muslims.

A Christmas tree gets the ACLU up in arms. The cross on the LA emblem offends. Why not this issue? Aren't rights being violated?

Or lets apply this same religious perspective universally. Catholic taxi drivers can't take anyone to an abortion clinic. A Christian driver can refuse to accept a homosexual. Democratic drivers can refuse Republicans.

Does this concern anyone?

Mercnbeth:
Chaingang is absolutely correct about title 42 US code ...The equal protection clause of the 4th and 14th ammendment of the U.s. constitution absolutely forbids this kind of behaviour.  Many businesses put this sign up as a form of intimidation and to my knowledge it is the best way for a litigious person to gain a great deal of money.  Dennys was successfully sued on three different occasions, not for refusing service but for giving substandard service to African-Americans.  Just because they write it down and paste it on the wall does not make it true...I can think of no better way to loose your business, your home and spend the rest of your life paying off a huge judgement than to try to enforce that sign.  The same for the taxi driver...the shield he carries is pretty explicit that he can only refuse a fare for cause and not for any religious hokum.  so if you would like to make a point and a few bux at the same time flag down one of those mongoloids and get in the cab with a case of Jack Daniels and a lawyer.  If the asshole is an immigrant the chances of getting him deported are pretty good.  More than a million americans died as a prerequisite to the 14th ammendment.  Anyone who does not agree with the U.S. Constitution does not need to be in my country.  If you want to live in an Islamic republic then go there with my best wishes, but don't bring that weak shit to my country.

thompson


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ORIGINAL: Chaingang

I'll vote against globalism - which will leave me with no one to vote for.

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ORIGINAL: meatcleaver

I find it incredible that so many Americans are against globalisation when successive American governments have been the leading promoters of it.

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ORIGINAL: JerseyKrissi72

I never understood...why should we care about the sexual orientation of political people? I honestly could care less..so long as they are lowering MY TAXES lol

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ORIGINAL: seeksfemslave

In the UK we have just had a Muslim Police Officer "excused boots" ie given special privileges solely on the grounds of being Muslim. He didn't want to stand guard outside the Israeli embassy.

We regularly have the highest ranking Muslim police officer dragged into TV studios to offer political/social comment on the current Muslim Gripe of the Day.

This kind of thing would have been unthinkable a few years ago ! In fact when the Manchester Chief Constable made some scathing comments about minorities he was blasted with criticism and quietly removed from his job.

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ORIGINAL: OsideGirl

Understand that actions will always speak louder than words.