A Tennessee store put up a "no gays allowed" sign — and it's totally legal

[Arbitr8]

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-...lowed-sign-—-and-its-totally-legal/ar-AAcqKTG

Jeff Amyx, a baptist minister who owns Amyx Hardware & Roofing Supplies, told WBIR 10 News that he put up the sign because he's religiously opposed to gay and lesbian couples, and that he has no intent of taking the sign down.

The storeowner's actions invoke memories of similar signs that were used in the South prior to the Civil Rights Movement to enforce segregation, which is now illegal under federal law. But unlike discrimination against black people and other racial minorities, this type of discrimination against gay and lesbian people is totally legal — not just in Tennessee, but most other states in the US.

 

[naturalmwa]

 

[theiacowtipper]

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-tennessee-store-put-up-a-no-gays-allowed-sign-—-and-its-totally-legal/ar-AAcqKTG

Jeff Amyx, a baptist minister who owns Amyx Hardware & Roofing Supplies, told WBIR 10 News that he put up the sign because he's religiously opposed to gay and lesbian couples, and that he has no intent of taking the sign down.

The storeowner's actions invoke memories of similar signs that were used in the South prior to the Civil Rights Movement to enforce segregation, which is now illegal under federal law. But unlike discrimination against black people and other racial minorities, this type of discrimination against gay and lesbian people is totally legal — not just in Tennessee, but most other states in the US.

But I thought that with the SSM decision all dissenters were to be rounded up and sent to concentration camps.

 

[Arbitr8]

Looks like a business promotion stunt.

 

[HawktimusPrime]

Lol, that's actually quite clever natural. Kudos.

 

[TennesseeWaltz1]

Arbie...I think that topic has already been posted. You horning in on my action?

 

[PhantomFlyer]

But I thought that with the SSM decision all dissenters were to be rounded up and sent to concentration camps.

Give it a few days. That's likely the outcome. I wonder if burning the rainbow flag and speaking out against SSM would considered a "hate crime" under the current environment (and no, I'm not advocating doing either). While I vehemently disagree with the court's ruling, it's time to move on. There are other battles to be fought.

 

[HawkPT]

So that's what pepsicock looks like.

 

[MichiganManLifer]

Arbie...I think that topic has already been posted. You horning in on my action?

That was a hall of fame type comeback! Nice work!

 

[Lone Clone]

But I thought that with the SSM decision all dissenters were to be rounded up and sent to concentration camps.

Not immediately.