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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
Keywords: None
Views: 16028
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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#1. To: sneakypete, SJN, GarySpFc, Liberator (#0)
Just for you pete. Add this to the "Just Cookies" owner who was sued for not making rainbow cupcakes. The list goes on.
Why is this just for me? I side with you and the restaurant owner on this one. Restaurants are private businesses,and private businesses have a Constitutional RIGHT to discriminate for or against anybody or any group of people they want for any reason they want. It's GOVERNMENT that can't discriminate.
Restaurants are private businesses,and private businesses have a Constitutional RIGHT to discriminate for or against anybody or any group of people they want for any reason they want. It's GOVERNMENT that can't discriminate. What's funny is, if the owner refused to serve Christians or offered atheists discounts, he'd be screaming bloody murder.
I am constantly amazed that people on both sides of these issue can never seem to understand the basic truth that I have been posting over and over for years. "We are either all free,or none of us are free."
"We are either all free,or none of us are free." It is clear the "tactics" used by either side. Christians are using huge bucks to defend their 1st Amendment rights. On the flip side the gay community does get a lot of discounts and donations from major corporations; -Disney -JC Penny -Home Depot -Proctor and Gamble -Nabisco Just a few. Big dollars to fund gay pride rallies and political action groups. The Christian response? We ask the companies to stay neutral. When they refuse, we take our business elsewhere...we don't litigate or legislate. There is the difference. If businesses want to support gay rights and parties, they are free to do so. We also are free to take our business elsewhere when they decide to take a side. And the $$ the gay lobby gets from these corporations "in good will" are turned around to sue Christian businessmen.
What you are saying is true,but that gives your cause no nobility as long as you continue to create a special class of citizens that less rights than other citizens. In this sense you are doing EXACTLY the same thing the leftist activists are trying to do to Christians. When it comes to this,you are both wrong.
Pete, I see it the other way. There are Americans who want to create an even more special class. As in Animal Farm...some pigs are more equal than others. We are not talking about a race of people who were slaves, then even after being free continued to be treated as slaves and lived with the stigma of being slaves. This caused both social and economic disadvantages. Gays keep posting how rich and successful they are. If that is the case, I group them with fat cat corporations looking for tax loop holes and not equal protections. As I have said in the past, get a couple of lawyers in a room and gays can make all the legal notification, wills, POAs they want to ensure whoever they cohabitate with are covered financially and legally. But it is not about benefits, it is about acceptance. And we already had that conversation. Perhaps the homosexual community with its large donors and large corporate sponsorships should stop suing Christians and spend the money to feed the poor.
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Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest“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.”
#8. To: redleghunter (#1)
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Just for you pete.
#9. To: sneakypete (#8)
Why is this just for me? I side with you and the restaurant owner on this one.
#12. To: meguro (#9)
What's funny is, if the owner refused to serve Christians or offered atheists discounts, he'd be screaming bloody murder.
#14. To: sneakypete, SJN, Liberator (#12)
I am constantly amazed that people on both sides of these issue can never seem to understand the basic truth that I have been posting over and over for years.
#16. To: redleghunter (#14)
#20. To: sneakypete (#16)
What you are saying is true,but that gives your cause no nobility as long as you continue to create a special class of citizens that less rights than other citizens.
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