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originally posted by: intrepid
OK, I checked out the "law". Seems like what happened is that Miss decriminalized discrimination..... against the gay community. When that happens in Iran people get bent out of shape. But here it's OK? It's the gov't making theocratic decisions for the public.
originally posted by: SomeDumbBroad
At the same time, if a business that is privately owned chooses to discriminate, I think that should be on them. They should be allowed to refuse people and the people they offend should be allowed to protest and refuse to shop there.
originally posted by: Klassified
originally posted by: Metallicus
originally posted by: Klassified
originally posted by: burgerbuddy
I guess they will be pulling their products out of the middle east.
No? I see.
Point taken, but two thoughts on that.
1. Apple hasn't "pulled" their products from Mississippi or N. Carolina, either.
2. Apple is an American company, and as such, has a right to speak out against this in the country they are based, and they are citizens of.
So you are one of those people that believe PACs and Corporations should influence policy instead of people. Good to know who to blame the next time some law is made because of corporate donations.
No I don't, but I do support a company's right to speak out publicly, just like I would a citizen.
originally posted by: 3NL1GHT3N3D1
a reply to: Metallicus
But you're perfectly okay with religions dictating what laws should or should not be passed? It's just as bad if not worse than corporations doing it.
originally posted by: Metallicus
originally posted by: Klassified
originally posted by: Metallicus
originally posted by: Klassified
originally posted by: burgerbuddy
I guess they will be pulling their products out of the middle east.
No? I see.
Point taken, but two thoughts on that.
1. Apple hasn't "pulled" their products from Mississippi or N. Carolina, either.
2. Apple is an American company, and as such, has a right to speak out against this in the country they are based, and they are citizens of.
So you are one of those people that believe PACs and Corporations should influence policy instead of people. Good to know who to blame the next time some law is made because of corporate donations.
No I don't, but I do support a company's right to speak out publicly, just like I would a citizen.
So you are one of the people that thinks Corporations have the same rights as citizens? I think that is part of the problem with our country. Corporations are NOT people.
originally posted by: Annee
originally posted by: SomeDumbBroad
At the same time, if a business that is privately owned chooses to discriminate, I think that should be on them. They should be allowed to refuse people and the people they offend should be allowed to protest and refuse to shop there.
They are the only grocery store in a small town - - the next town being 20 miles away.
They think the physically disabled will break something or scare away customers.
Military vets not welcomed.
Single mom trying to buy food for her kid. Oh, sorry - - my religion won't let me serve an unmarried mother. But, there's another store 20 miles away.
Great plan.
originally posted by: Metallicus
originally posted by: Klassified
originally posted by: Metallicus
originally posted by: Klassified
originally posted by: burgerbuddy
I guess they will be pulling their products out of the middle east.
No? I see.
Point taken, but two thoughts on that.
1. Apple hasn't "pulled" their products from Mississippi or N. Carolina, either.
2. Apple is an American company, and as such, has a right to speak out against this in the country they are based, and they are citizens of.
So you are one of those people that believe PACs and Corporations should influence policy instead of people. Good to know who to blame the next time some law is made because of corporate donations.
No I don't, but I do support a company's right to speak out publicly, just like I would a citizen.
So you are one of the people that thinks Corporations have the same rights as citizens? I think that is part of the problem with our country. Corporations are NOT people.
originally posted by: intrepid
originally posted by: Metallicus
originally posted by: Klassified
originally posted by: Metallicus
originally posted by: Klassified
originally posted by: burgerbuddy
I guess they will be pulling their products out of the middle east.
No? I see.
Point taken, but two thoughts on that.
1. Apple hasn't "pulled" their products from Mississippi or N. Carolina, either.
2. Apple is an American company, and as such, has a right to speak out against this in the country they are based, and they are citizens of.
So you are one of those people that believe PACs and Corporations should influence policy instead of people. Good to know who to blame the next time some law is made because of corporate donations.
No I don't, but I do support a company's right to speak out publicly, just like I would a citizen.
So you are one of the people that thinks Corporations have the same rights as citizens? I think that is part of the problem with our country. Corporations are NOT people.
They are now.
originally posted by: Bluntone22
So is Apple going to stop selling phones in countries where homosexuality is a crime?
originally posted by: Bluntone22
So is Apple going to stop selling phones in countries where homosexuality is a crime?
originally posted by: 3NL1GHT3N3D1
a reply to: Metallicus
How is giving a gay person the same service as a straight person going against their religious morals though?
Would you defend a KKK member denying service to a black person solely based on their skin color? After all, it goes against their morals to serve a colored person.