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Rand Paul Favors Allowing Racial Discrimination

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Nimed5/20/2010 3:47:37 pm PDT

re: #361 RogueOne

No I don’t because it’s a law based on peoples beliefs. It’s the same problem I have with hate crimes laws.

Hm… but OSHA and health regulations can also be construed as being about people’s beliefs.

I don’t mean to condescending, but I don’t think you understand very well what you’re discussing. This is about a type of business regulation. Not about speech, or association, or conduct.

You can lawfully be as discriminatory as you like in your speech or associations.
You can lawfully be as discriminatory as you like in lending, giving or selling stuff in private transactions.
You can’t be lawfully be as discriminatory when you run a business.

This is a limitation of you property rights. Partial repost from yesterday:
Rachel did a superb job on highlighting the horrendous consequences of Paul’s political philosophy: if you’re a minority living in a racist/homophobic small town, you are de facto excluded from the vast majority of private services, all in the name of “freedom from government control”.