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Re: Bakery That Refused to Make Cake for Lesbian Couple Raises Record-Breaking Donat
by
godlyitems
on 19/07/2015, 09:29:18 UTC

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Pub.L. 88–352, 78 Stat. 241, enacted July 2, 1964) is a landmark piece of civil rights legislation in the United States[5] that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964

Correct, this means that a business can't hang a sign up which says "no Christians" allowed or "no Catholics allowed". It shouldn't mean however that religious practice receive special privilege which other things don't get.

Just like a business can't hang up a sign which says "no Muslims allowed" - that doesn't mean that a Muslim employee should have a right to wear a burka to the office when no other women are allowed to cover their face.

Whatever the law is, it should apply equally to all, as long as a certain religion isn't singled out then there's no legitimate claim to discrimination.

On the flip side though, the amount of money awarded by the lawsuit is bogus.