Republican South Dakota Lawmaker Says.......

[martybegan]

Jensen goes so far as to say that businesses should have the right to deny service based on a customer’s race or religion – whether that’s right or wrong, he says, can be fairly addressed by the free market, not the government. “If someone was a member of the Ku Klux Klan, and they were running a little bakery for instance, the majority of us would find it detestable that they refuse to serve blacks, and guess what? In a matter of weeks or so that business would shut down because no one is going to patronize them,” he said.

So much for republicans avoiding saying stupid things.

And this is typical of the ignorance and naivete common to most on the far right, as well as ignorance of, or contempt for, Commerce Clause jurisprudence.

How is a baker refusing to sell a wedding cake to a gay couple getting married impacted by or impacting interstate commerce?

 

[jon_berzerk]

Jensen goes so far as to say that businesses should have the right to deny service based on a customer’s race or religion – whether that’s right or wrong, he says, can be fairly addressed by the free market, not the government. “If someone was a member of the Ku Klux Klan, and they were running a little bakery for instance, the majority of us would find it detestable that they refuse to serve blacks, and guess what? In a matter of weeks or so that business would shut down because no one is going to patronize them,” he said.

So much for republicans avoiding saying stupid things.

And this is typical of the ignorance and naivete common to most on the far right, as well as ignorance of, or contempt for, Commerce Clause jurisprudence.

How is a baker refusing to sell a wedding cake to a gay couple getting married impacted by or impacting interstate commerce?

to date no one who is upset about this has yet to answer this question

would you continue to use the services of a business that had kkk ownership

if it turned away blacks and jews and such

would you even use the services of a business that declared

it was a member of the kkk for begin with for example

or does the freemarket work

 

[Dot Com]

Private businesses should be able to turn away anyone they want to!

All they have to do is post a sign such as, "Management reserves the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason."

and the state should be able to stop paving roads leading to their *cough* "establishment" AKA kkk social club you moran.

 

[martybegan]

Private businesses should be able to turn away anyone they want to!

All they have to do is post a sign such as, "Management reserves the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason."

and the state should be able to stop paving roads leading to their *cough* "establishment" AKA kkk social club you moran.

No, because the government should be and is unable to discriminate on any basis.