Posted on Nov 12, 2015
Is it time to do away with private sector anti-discrimination laws?
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This came up from another discussion about whether or not private businesses banning concealed and/or open carry of firearms should be permitted and it led me to question the validity of non-discrimination laws in the private sector. Let me first say that I do NOT believe that the government should be allowed to discriminate; government must follow the Constitution, which mandates equal treatment under the law per the 15th Amendment. Second, I do NOT support discrimination and view it as a sign of intellectual laziness and a lack of intelligence and education.
According to the Founders, the purpose of government is to secure our unalienable rights. Amongst these is Property, beginning with self-ownership and extending to our labor and its product. If I own a business, is it not my right to earn and spend money as I choose, even if it includes discrimination? After all, it is my money, isn't it? If I choose to discriminate in the businesses I patronize, that's my right.
Anti-discrimination laws inherently violate the right to property of business owners by forcing them to spend money in violation of their own inclinations. The way the government gets around this is by saying that if you want to profit from the public then you must involve the whole public without discrimination.
But is this really needed today? Does anybody believe that any publicly traded corporation would openly discriminate and say they were doing so? Would any of us patronize a business that said it wouldn't hire or serve people of color or women etc.?
Ultimately, I think we're better than this. We don't need the government to dictate our behavior nor is it government's job to inculcate morality, whatever that morality may be.
According to the Founders, the purpose of government is to secure our unalienable rights. Amongst these is Property, beginning with self-ownership and extending to our labor and its product. If I own a business, is it not my right to earn and spend money as I choose, even if it includes discrimination? After all, it is my money, isn't it? If I choose to discriminate in the businesses I patronize, that's my right.
Anti-discrimination laws inherently violate the right to property of business owners by forcing them to spend money in violation of their own inclinations. The way the government gets around this is by saying that if you want to profit from the public then you must involve the whole public without discrimination.
But is this really needed today? Does anybody believe that any publicly traded corporation would openly discriminate and say they were doing so? Would any of us patronize a business that said it wouldn't hire or serve people of color or women etc.?
Ultimately, I think we're better than this. We don't need the government to dictate our behavior nor is it government's job to inculcate morality, whatever that morality may be.
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Once the government starts regulating a thing it is virtually impossible to get the government out of that business.
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I think that everyone should love one another. However, I know there are some who don't and I hate people like that.
That being said, we have to ask ourselves: How can we punish a belief. If a person chooses to be a bigot, isn't that their right just as much as it's my right to refuse to do business with bigots?
That being said, we have to ask ourselves: How can we punish a belief. If a person chooses to be a bigot, isn't that their right just as much as it's my right to refuse to do business with bigots?
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Sadly many people do continue to discriminate, and removing laws against discrimination will result at best in a few minirities being denied service at a restaurant and at worst in women, the disabled and other marginalized groups being discriminated against for employment.
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