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Politics : The Castle

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To: Lane3 who wrote (3270)6/2/2004 7:18:15 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 7936
 
'Ladies Night' Discount Axed in N.J. Bars

Wed Jun 2,11:05 AM ET

TRENTON, N.J. - The state's top civil rights official has ruled that taverns cannot offer discounts to women on "ladies nights," agreeing with a man who claimed such gender-based promotions discriminated against men.

David R. Gillespie said it was not fair for women to get into the Coastline nightclub for free and receive discounted drinks while men paid a $5 cover charge and full price for drinks.

In his ruling Tuesday, J. Frank Vespa-Papaleo, director of the state Division on Civil Rights, rejected arguments by the nightclub that ladies nights were a legitimate promotion. Commercial interests do not override the "important social policy objective of eradicating discrimination," he ruled...

story.news.yahoo.com

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