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Default Hardware Stores Enter Politics, Turning Away Gays, Turning Away Evangelicals

On Sat, 04 Jul 2015 08:22:02 -0700, sms
wrote:

Why can't retail businesses just do what they are supposed to do: sell
stuff to people that want to buy stuff. Keep politics out of it. Sell to
anyone whose money is green.

A hardware store in Tennessee first put up a sign telling gays that they
weren't allowed, then took that sign down and put up a weasel-worded
sign telling evangelicals that they weren't welcome.

The first sign was pretty blunt, "No Gays Allowed." Not subtle, but gays
would just find another place to shop. The new sign is: "We reserve the
right to refuse service to anyone who would violate our rights of
freedom of speech and freedom of religion." That sign is intended to
keep radical fundamentalist evangelicals out of his store.

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Bull ****! The second sign is intended to keep Democrats out. They are
the ones that constantly want to violate the rights of freedom of
speech and freedom of religion for anyone that disagrees with them.