"Malcom Mal Reynolds" wrote in message
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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.

I work in San Francisco. I routinely see evangelicals trying to push
their beliefs and religion onto others. Conversely, there are a lot of
gays in San Francisco but they don't harass people and try to convince
them to become gay.

If the owner doesn't want gays in his store then he should have kept the
original sign. Gays would just go to another store. Now he is offending
evangelicals who pride themselves on violating other people's freedom of
speech and freedom of religion.

how is this store owner going to determine who is gay? of course gays
could shop elsewhere, but a better solution is to shop for LOTs of
stuff, bring it to the cashier, let them ring it up and then announce
"what is the gay discount here". smother the shop in business that
generates no income

or

just wander the store and when Pastor John enters and shops ask him
loudly if his AIDs treatments are working

or why not just do as the sign says - allow gays that don't try to ram stuff
down everyone's throat.