Gender and Age Discrimination

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Number10980
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Conspirator for: 15 years 13 weeks
Posted on: May 21, 2010 - 3:42pm

With the MSM grasping at straws to discredit Rand Paul I want to know if can bring lawsuits against Curves and Lucille Roberts because they are gyms that only give memberships to women? Senior housing is my next target because of their ageist leasing policies. I should have a right to work out in any gym I want to because they opened their business to the public and I shouldn't be kicked out of Planet Fitness either for dropping weights or grunting while lifting them. 

Okay those are ridiculous arguments because many southern businesses would have enjoyed desegregation but the state instituted Jim Crow laws prevented it along with the thuggish tactics of the KKK. Those that refused to serve black customers would lose business to those would. All the current businesses that cater just to women like Curves has the right to refuse male membership because it is their property and their labor used to run a business. 


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LysanderSpooner
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Conspirator for: 16 years 46 weeks
Posted on: May 21, 2010 - 5:49pm #1

I was just re-reading the late Harry Browne's take on Civil Rights Laws. 

http://www.harrybrowne.org/WGDW/CivilRights.htm

Jacob Hornberger, of the Future of Freedom Foundation, had a great article today on the issue. 

http://www.fff.org/comment/com1005f.asp

It's amazing how logic and honesty makes things easier on the speaker or writer.  I think Rand Paul made a huge mistake by not speaking his mind.  By trying to have it both ways, he made things more difficult for himself.  If he had just said, "People have the right to be wrong.  We don't have to like it but we do have to live with it.", there would be less controversy. 

 

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