Discrimination is Wrong, Unless You Own a Gay Bar

[thebobman]

Australian Gay Bar Wins Right to Ban Heterosexuals

Originally Posted by msnbc.com

This is wrong on so many hundreds of levels:
A Melbourne gay bar has been granted an exemption from the Equal Opportunity Act in a landmark ruling which will allow security to refuse entry to heterosexuals.


The owners of Collingwood's Peel Hotel, which came under fire in April for promoting a gay Anzac Day party, successfully argued to the state planning tribunal that banning heterosexuals from the club would prevent "sexually based insults and violence".

The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal granted the controversial powers to the club last week, the Herald Sun reports.


VCAT deputy president Cate McKenzie claimed that allowing straight men and women into the club would defeat the purpose of the venue.
"This would undermine or destroy the atmosphere which the company wishes to create," McKenzie said.

"Sometimes heterosexual groups and lesbian groups insult and deride and are even physically violent towards the gay male patrons."

[Gunter S]

in a libertarian society, we could discriminate against all

[liquidblue]

wow. The owner is undermining what gay society is fighting for. What a t00l.

[BongMan]

unless he has good drink specials who cares

[decypher]

Originally Posted by Gunter S

in a libertarian society, we could discriminate against all

Not if that discrimination infringes on the person, property or liberty of another. - liberalism 101.


So the owner was able to show the law that rescinding access to his bar will help prevent his customers from being harrassed, who cares?

[Gunter S]

so are they gonna get in trouble

[Gunter S]

Originally Posted by decypher

Not if that discrimination infringes on the person, property or liberty of another. - liberalism 101.

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