In most of the country, none of your fevered speculation would matter because conservatives, including several "academics" on this list, have opposed extending non-discrimination laws to include sexuality, much less gender identity (or if they would so cobble such protections with large carve outs that such protection is symbolic at best). So, worry not - you are most likely free to demand that a "suspected gay" who is "frightening your customers" - is he singing Abba songs too loudly? - leave tout suite. Now, most americans according to public opinion polls think that laws ALREADY prohibit such blatant discrimination but apparently the vulnerable victims of discrimination are not gays & lesbians but fine, upstanding christians who are cowered from expressing the very discrimination that isn't even prohibited by law in most of the country. Why the members of the list aren't outraged by that fact but rather focus their efforts in finding more ways to protect discrimination...well, I think I know the answer but expressing that opinion is tantamount to "hating religion" and "attacking religious freedom" according to many....La plus ca change....
---jimmy green On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 1:06 PM, Will Linden <wlind...@verizon.net> wrote: > So let me turn Mr. Sogol's "turn-around" around.... A storekeeper tells > someone "You are frightening the other customers, leave the premises." > The party retorts "That's what you SAY, but I KNOW it's really becausee > I'm gay"-- although sexuality had not previously come up. Does he have to > prove the storekeeper knew? Or does the storekeeper have to prove the > negative that he did NOT know? > _______________________________________________ > To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see > http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw > > Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as > private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are > posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or > wrongly) forward the messages to others. > -- *---jwg*
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