"Having a particular job, or house, or apartment or other business or social relationship or contract is not"
You either misunderstand or misstate my position. I am the last person to suggest that people have a "RIGHT" to a job or a house. But I believe that people have a right to equal treatment under the law??
Now, if some lowbrow started a religious campaign against single mothers and said they were spawn of the devil and convinced 95 percent of landlords to evict them SOLELY on that prejudicial basis...then where would these people live?
You don't cherry pick RIGHTS. If you have a right to free association, then I have a right to equal treatment under the law when it comes to necessities of life such as food, housing, and so forth. How can you possibly suggest that Safeway, Walmart, and Superstore may rightfully prevent women, men, blacks, whites, or people with brown eyes from buying food from them? Are you not aware that such discrimination was outlawed years ago. Private businesses no longer have the right to trample on the principle of equal treatment under the law. "Sorry...we don't serve blacks here", doesn't cut it any more.
Pretending that the right to free association trumps the right to equal treatment under the law is just that...a PRETENSE.
All selling of goods and services is regulated under law. And all people purchasing goods or services are entitled by law to equal treatment without regard to colour,race, religion, or gender. It is called CIVILIZATION. Love it or leave it. |
