re: #238 goddamnedfrank

When they interfere with running a business of public accommodation. Private, members only clubs aren’t places of public accommodation, but businesses that are ostensibly (say it with me now) open to the general public, are. You’re very close to arguing Rand Paul’s position against the Civil Rights Act. I respectfully disagree.

The right of everyone to live in a desegregated society trumps the individual business owners right to be arbitrarily dickish.

Rand Paul- hardly! The guys a dick. My questions are more nuanced.

I think I haven’t made myself clear, so give me another shot.

Should a pro life doctor be forced to performs abortions because they are legal?

As I noted in my conversation with Obdi, should a pharmacist be requird to dispense ‘Morning After’ pills (of which I am in favor)?

The list goes on and on. My question really is about how and where you draw the lines between personal beliefs and prejudices and the public good.

An friend of mine works at Duke Med. One day in the cafeteria, physicians from a different part of the world were not in the least quiet about their feelings toward various minorities. They were challenged and immediately responded that of course they would treat the minorities they were discussing but said their prejudices were valid, etc.

This really is a complicated matter. Just because a licensed professional may belong to the Klan may not be reason enough to take away his license.