This Might Seem Like An Easy Decision…

But it is not. Barbershops are to cut men’s hair, but many of them do cut women’s hair with just simple styles if asked. What happens when a barber refuses to cut any women’s hair because of religious beliefs? Do they have a right to refuse them?

Barbershop Refuses to Serve Transgender Patron, Army Veteran
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination by privately-owned places of public accommodation on the basis of race, color, religion, and national origin. In addition, California's Unruh Civil Rights Act covers gender and sexual orientation
NBC 4 Los Angeles
By Mekhalo Medina
March 10, 2016

When Kendal Oliver booked an appointment at a Southern California barbershop to have his hair cut, the Army veteran who served six years in Afghanistan didn't expect to be turned away.

Oliver, who said he identifies as "more of a man than a woman, was refused service by The Barbershop in Rancho Cucamonga.
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It's the reason why every customer in the barber chair at the shop is a man, according to Hernandez.

"People go against what God has created, you start getting everything all out of whack," he said. "It's a shame for a man to have long hair, but if a woman has long hair, it's her glory and it speaks to being given to her as her covering, and I don't want to be one who is taking away from her glory."

So he believes that it is against god's law for a man to cut a woman’s hair and as you can imagine Mr. Oliver has a different idea about that.

Oliver didn't agree with Hernandez's decision.

"I don't see how that should affect a business. I'm a customer here, you provide a service, and everyone is entitled to that service," Oliver said.

Let’s put aside the fact that Mr. Oliver is trans and just look at the fact that Mr. Hernandez doesn’t believe in cutting women’s hair.

Many people would probably agree with the barber Mr. Hernandez decision not to cut women’s hair but how would you think if he said that he didn’t cut a black person’s hair because his religion does not believe in mixing the races?

Far fetched?

Not really, that was the excuse used to justify segregation. Many white people claimed that the Bible taught that and that the government could not interfere with their religious beliefs.

So where do you draw the line? Well it is wrong not to cut black’s hair but it is okay to not cut women’s hair? Or is it wrong to not to cut black’s or women’s hair but it is alright not to cut a trans person’s hair.

I know! Let’s have a vote; all those who feel it is okay discrimination against blacks say “Aye.” All those who feel it is okay discrimination against women say “Aye.” All those who feel it is okay discrimination against trans people say “Aye.”

Voting on Human Rights is wrong, just like barring women from haircuts is wrong. There are several opinions for the barber, one is to open a private barbershop that is not open to the public, another is to just serve his religious community, and a third is that if he is open to the public that he serves all members of the public like the mandates.