Thursday, March 06, 2014

How Can They Keep A Straight Face

Some of the thing that comes out of a conservative’s mouth you wonder how they can keep a straight face when they say it. The latest nonsense is from George Will,
George Will: It’s ‘not neighborly’ for LGBT people to ask for equal rights
Raw Story
By David Edwards
March 2, 2014

Will pointed out the public accommodations section of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 said that businesses had to serve everyone equally.

“That’s a settled issue,” the pundit noted. “That said, this too must be said: It’s a funny kind of sore winner in the gay rights movement that would say, ‘A photographer doesn’t want to photograph my wedding — I’ve got lots of other photographers I could go to, but I’m going to use the hammer of government to force them to do this.’”

“It’s not neighborly and it’s not nice,” he added. “The gay rights movement is winning. They should be, as I say, not sore winners.”
It is lucky that he majored in journalism and not law because the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Title II that covers public accommodations only covers race, color, religion, or national origin. It does not cover sex, sexual orientation or gender identity and expression.

I wonder if Mr. Will thinks it is “neighborly” and “nice” to refuse to serve someone or sell them a wedding cake?

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