Interesting question. Worth exploring. 1) Dick's choosing not to carry a certain type of gun doesn't matter, because businesses can choose to sell or not sell any particular product. Doesn't treat anyone unequally.https://twitter.com/tomassidenfaden/status/968905556076281856 …
-
Show this thread
-
2) Not selling cakes to gay couples that the business would sell to straight couples is discrimination based on identity of the customer. Similar to not serving blacks, Jews, Irish, etc. Any variation on "we don't serve your kind here" is wrong because it treats people unequally.
1 reply 0 retweets 1 likeShow this thread -
3) Arguably, not selling firearms to people aged 18-20 is discrimination, because it treats them differently than people aged 21 and older. The difference is everyone 18-20 will become 21 and older, while black people won't become white, gay people won't become straight, etc.
2 replies 0 retweets 6 likesShow this thread -
4) And, we typically allow age restrictions on safety grounds, with alcohol the obvious example. You don't have to agree with Dick's decision. But it's different from the wedding cakes case 21+ isn't discriminatory, because age, unlike race or sexual orientation, isn't immutable
4 replies 0 retweets 7 likesShow this thread -
Replying to @NGrossman81
That reasoning makes sense to me. If mutability is the standard, however, one could argue religion—or religiosity—is also mutable. Seems like a slippery slope.
1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @tomassidenfaden
Religion isn't as clearly immutable as race or sexual orientation--you might be born into it, but you're not "born this way," you can choose to leave--but it's still put in that category as something we should respect as such. I buy that. It's enough of a core aspect of identity.
1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
Age is guaranteed to change, so that's clearly not immutable. As for religiosity, that strikes me as a choice. One can change at any time, and much easier than one can abandon a religion for another (or none). Religiosity is a sliding scale, rather than a clear category.
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.