Re: The Bible: Real, Fiction, or somewhere in between?
The law (presuming we're in a state where this is covered) says you can't discriminate in public accommodations based on sexual orientation. If you charge different prices because someone is gay, that is inherently discrimination.
Yeah, it's hard to prove, but under your scenario that's as clear cut as you can get. No harder than proving someone was denied service because they're gay.
I guess then you get thrown back into "what is a 'public' accommodation?" then, eh?
Physicians and dentists are not required by law to accept anyone who walks into their office as a patient, right? And among the patients they
do accept, they are legally allowed to charge different people different prices for the same services? (maybe insurance network A pays for one level of coverage, insurance network B pays for a different level of coverage, etc).
Attorneys are not required by law to accept anyone who walks into their office as a client, right? and among the clients they
do accept, they are legally allowed to charge different people different prices for the same services? (I know that contingency
percentages are capped in many states, but not the dollar amounts).
So, in many fields, business people can
legally pick and choose whom to accept as customers, and who to decline, correct? and among those whom they do accept, they can
legally charge different prices for similar services, correct?
How would a catering service, say, that has no "public accommodation" (i.e., they do not run a storefront serving food) be treated then? Each case, each situation, is unique.
Far beyond these trifling quibbles, what I don't understand at all: if a baker, say, or any food preparer for that matter, says s/he doesn't want your business, why would you insist that they provide it anyway? Why not simply say, "to hell with them" and just go elsewhere? I probably would be leery of eating food prepared by someone who I know doesn't like me....
