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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich Do you think that any business whose owners are prone to discriminate against customers might also have excuses to not provide services which would give them "plausible deniability"? As I understand it…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich If a business advertises their services, are they required to take your business regardless of the inconvenience, financial or personal hardship or effrontery to their personal beliefs your patronage m…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich Discrimination and/or bigotry by individuals is not a violation of anyone's constitutional rights. Disgusting certainly, but not at odds with the personal liberties that are supposedly protected equall…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich "The person best suited for the presidency is the one least likely to pursue the position." —Me There's some truth to that. But there are so many details to how Washington works, what pressure grou…
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Quote: Originally Posted by zoetmb What bugs me is anyone who thinks they're qualified to be president when they have absolutely no experience whatsoever. Does the fact that she already ran for office and lost qualify her to be President? …
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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich Perhaps you should re-read the Constitution. I have. Oddly enough, my opinion is unchanged - while your interpretation is one possible one, it is not the only possible interpretation and frankly yo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Agent Apple As much as I miss Steve (for many reasons, including separating his personal politics from Apple) and think Tim is doing a good job as CEO, Carly is correct. The suggestion that Tim Cook can't criticiz…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich The Federal government is restricted from a host of things laid out in the Constitution that individuals are not. You're demanding a VERY wide definition of "free exercise of religion" to make the …
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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich Yes, the Constitution has been at war with political reality and case law for many decades and much of that case law is clearly in violation of the supreme law of the land, to the benefit of government…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich A privately owned store (versus a Best Buy, for example) can and should be able to serve any person, or not, for any reason whatsoever. The bad businesses don't last and the bigots and jerks get noticed…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ExceptionHandler Newsflash, we already knew it wasn't a Christian nation. But it was at one point based on Christian principles because the founding fathers saw merit in them, whether they were Christian or not the…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TheWhiteFalcon It's also funny how people forget the "nor prohibiting the free exercise thereof" clause of that Amendment. Check and mate. Actually, we are a Christian nation. That doesn't mean other religions …
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Quote: Originally Posted by seal2974 The fact is that Tim has used his position to do what a smart businessman would not do. That is put your needs in front of the companies. He can be waterer he wants to be but when he took the job he took the…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TheWhiteFalcon Legal system isn't secular, neither is the economic one for that matter. Been in court lately? You still swear on a Bible last I checked. And despite the efforts to remove the displays, the Ten Comma…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TechManMike Secondly, you can't just take out one scripture and leave out the rest. Per the bible you are supposed to submit to governing bodies, but not once does it say that those governing bodies supersede God. You…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TheWhiteFalcon People discriminate daily. You discriminate when you choose not to associate with someone. You discriminate when you pick Chipotle over Chick-Fil-A. You discriminate in relationships-so what if the p…
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Quote: Originally Posted by RadarTheKat I see this a bit differently. When you take a job that has a security check component, you accept that as part of the process of getting to and leaving your workplace. To my mind this is little differ…
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Based on the precedent, there was no way that it wouldn't be dismissed - but that doesn't mean that the law shouldn't be such that they shouldn't be paid. The problem isn't so much how long it takes to be checked out, but there are delays in doing t…
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Carl Icahn's history is why I bash him. His history isn't "support companies as they grow and become stronger", it's "pull every possible dollar out of the company and sell off the husk to whoever will pay for it". Yes, it's starting with something …
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With Samsung being on record "we won't negotiate a license", what relevance would a license agreement with another company be?