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Title: Atheist Files Discrimination Complaint Over PA Restaurant’s 10% Sunday Discount for People With Church Bulletins
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The Blaze
URL Source: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/ath ... twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Published: Jul 5, 2012
Author: Billy Hallowell
Post Date: 2012-07-05 17:39:32 by redleghunter
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Views: 17939
Comments: 53
An atheist has filed a discrimination complaint against a Columbia, Pennsylvania-based restaurant. The offense? The establishment has been offering a 10 percent discount for individuals who bring in a church bulletin on Sundays. John Wolff, who has officially issued his grievance with the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, is hoping that Prudhomme’s Lost Cajun Kitchen is held accountable for its diner discount. “I did this not out of spite, but out of a feeling against the prevailing self-righteousness that stems from religion, particularly in Lancaster County,” Wolff, a retired electrical engineer, said of his decision to go toe-to-toe with the restaurant. “I don’t consider it an earthshaking affair, but in this area in particular, we seem to have so many self-righteous religious people, so it just annoys me.” But one of the co-owners of the restaurant, Sharon Prudhomme, isn‘t backing down to Wolff’s challenge. She claims that Lost Cajun Kitchen technically doesn’t discriminate, because people don’t actually have to be believers — or even attend church for that matter — to get the discount. Anyone, she claims, can walk into a church and take a bulletin. Prudhomme is also doubling-down in saying that the restaurant has no intention of halting the discount program, Lancaster Online reports. Since Sundays are slow, the discount is intended to boost customer flow — something that is important during tough economic times. Wolff‘s main issue is that he’s allegedly been offered different services because of his religious preferences or lack thereof. Prudhomme, though, calls the entire complaint “a waste.” Despite her opposition, the restaurant’s owners will need to respond to it within 30 days in writing. Then, the commission will decide if the complaint is a viable one. If, indeed, the restaurant is found to be discriminating, a public hearing will result. In the end, it is possible that the restaurant, pending they lose, would be required to stop the promotion.
Poster Comment: “I did this not out of spite, but out of a feeling against the prevailing self-righteousness that stems from religion, particularly in Lancaster County,” Wolff, a retired electrical engineer, said of his decision to go toe-to-toe with the restaurant. “I don’t consider it an earthshaking affair, but in this area in particular, we seem to have so many self-righteous religious people, so it just annoys me.” Poster comment: Sure sounds like "spite" to me. Is Wolff going to go after elderly widows next who try to get a 10% for being a senior. What we have here is a good business decision by the restaurant owner being challenged by a spiteful atheist who claims the people getting discounts are "self-righteous." The humourous piece to this is, how does an atheist measure "self-righteousness" in a relative worldview?
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#2. To: redleghunter, *Yukon neo-Progressive Vermin* (#0)
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It's a private business, if he doesn't want to serve atheists or satanic Mormon cultists (MitTards), then they're out of luck.
#3. To: hondo68 (#2)
I used my church bulletin a few months ago to get a 10 percent discount, only because I noticed it for the first time in years on a menu or a placard. I'm not telling where the restaurant is.
Well that is what is supposed to happen in a free society. But allow me to respectfully retort that notion with the following: Court: Christians can be ordered to violate beliefs A ruling from Judge Tim L. Garcia in the New Mexico Court of Appeals says states can require Christians to violate their faith in order to do business, affirming a penalty of nearly $7,000 for a photographer who refused to take pictures at a lesbian “commitment” ceremony in the state where same- sex “marriage” was illegal. Judges Cynthia Fry and James Wechsler joined in the ruling by Garcia, which involved Elane Photography, whose owners, Elaine and Jonathan Huegeunin, are Christians and declined to do photography for lesbians Vanessa Willock and another woman. Full story: www.wnd.com/2012/06/refus...-lesbians-get-fined-7000/ Christian Baker Faces Boycott For Refusing to Make Lesbian At that point Childress told the couple that she would not be willing to make their wedding cake. “I was straight-forward with them and explained that I’m a Christian and that I have very strong convictions,” she said. “I chose to be honest about it. They said they appreciated it and left. That was all that was said.” But that wasn’t the end of the story. Soon Childress began receiving hateful emails and then – the local media called. Full Story: radio.foxnews.com/toddsta...tian-baker-faces-boycott- for-refusing-to-make-lesbian-cake.html Indianapolis Bakery Declines Order for Rainbow Cupcakes, Sparking City Inquiry Officials in Indianapolis are turning up the heat on a bakery that refused to take an order from a student group seeking rainbow-colored cupcakes for next month's National Coming Out Day. A spokesman for Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard said city officials are conducting an inquiry into the bakery, Just Cookies, which declined to take the order last week from a diversity group at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), which ordered the cupcakes for Oct. 11. "The city's position is, it's the city's market, it's a public place," mayoral spokesman Robert Vane told FoxNews.com. "There is no litmus test for buying services or products at the City Market." For more on "Just Cookies" not making the "coming out" CUPCAKES: www.foxnews.com/us/2010/0...s-launch-inquiry-cupcake- denial-gay-student-group/ Judge Rules Christian facility cannot ban same-sex civil union ceremony on its own premises OCEAN GROVE, New Jersey, January 13, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) - A New Jersey judge ruled against a Christian retreat house that refused to allow a same-sex civil union ceremony to be conducted on its premises, ruling the Constitution allows “some intrusion into religious freedom to balance other important societal goals.” For more on this: www.lifesitenews.com/news...facility-cannot-ban-same- sex-civil-union-ceremony-on/ The list goes on. I guess some "rights" not enumerated trump those that are.
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#5. To: hondo68, SJN, rowdee, Liberator, GarySpFc, sneakypete, Biff Tannen (#2)
It's a private business, if he doesn't want to serve atheists or satanic Mormon cultists (MitTards), then they're out of luck.
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