Disabled people in taxis

[Platypus]

But surely as a business owner it is up to me as to who I want/do not want as a customer.

No.
Gay couple turned away from B&B win discrimination case - Telegraph

[original PM]

Would you say you should be allowed to refuse black people as customers as well as the disabled and those from Yorkshire?

If I felt I wanted to yes - but we will soon be in the realms of men only golf clubs and women only gyms if we carry on and that debate bores me.

What if I only want to server black people and not white people - somehow that seems more acceptable than saying I will only server white people and not black people?

Why?

[original PM]

No.
Gay couple turned away from B&B win discrimination case - Telegraph

very dangerous precedent being set there.

So if I happen to try and eat a bacon sandwich in a guest house run by Muslims and was told I could not I will guarantee that as a straight white male my discrimiation case would not even be given the time of day.

[NotAllThere]

Okay, in which case we clearly have a somewhat fundamental difference of opinion. You think it should be legal for a shop to refuse service to a black person, and I don't

The trouble is, I don't think businesses should refuse service on basis of religion, politics, ableness or skin colour, but on the other hand, I don't think anyone should be forced to provide service if they don't want to.

[vwdan]

What if I only want to server black people and not white people - somehow that seems more acceptable than saying I will only server white people and not black people?

Well, it "seems" more acceptable because white people don't have a history of being a racial underclass. But, legally, I'm pretty sure both would be illegal.

[eek]

No.
Gay couple turned away from B&B win discrimination case - Telegraph

That's not the question here. If you require specialist equipment that has greater running costs should the company be required to offer the same higher optional discount when that specialist equipment is provided due to being required..

[vwdan]

very dangerous precedent being set there.

So if I happen to try and eat a bacon sandwich in a guest house run by Muslims and was told I could not I will guarantee that as a straight white male my discrimiation case would not even be given the time of day.

Why don't you try it? You're bringing up hypothetical strawmen there.

[vwdan]

The trouble is, I don't think businesses should refuse service on basis of religion, politics, ableness or skin colour, but on the other hand, I don't think anyone should be forced to provide service if they don't want to.

So how do you prevent minority groups from being refused access to everything? Do you really want a return to the old "No blacks, no Irish, no gypsies" era?

[NotAllThere]

So how do you prevent minority groups from being refused access to everything? Do you really want a return to the old "No blacks, no Irish, no gypsies" era?

Allowing people to decide who they will serve and who they will not does not have to immediately revert to that condition.

No.
Gay couple turned away from B&B win discrimination case - Telegraph

I think what the judge said was correct. She is running a commercial service for financial return. Would she have turned away someone who was a glutton, or proud, or hated gays? That's just as much a sin as the act of buggery (by her standards).

[original PM]

Well, it "seems" more acceptable because white people don't have a history of being a racial underclass. But, legally, I'm pretty sure both would be illegal.

White English people have been enslaved by the Romans, the Celts, The Vikings, The French etc etc etc. In fact I did read (although no source) that the least enslaved peoples have been the blacks.

Could be wrong mind you.