Where Rand Paul stands on the Civil Rights Act

Where Rand Paul stands on the Civil Rights Act

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[KS6stringer]

His answer should have been an immediate "Yes"!

[Joshua Ali]

If you are operating a business that is open to the public, with a GOVERNMENT-issued business license, using publicly-subsidized resources like electricity, water & sewer, roads, etc., then you are required by law to comply with the standards of equality as expressed in the Constitution and affirmed by legislation and the Supreme Court.

You don't have the "right" to discriminate.

[yeahumno88]

In a country where whites comprise the majority of the populace and control the vast majority of the wealth, how in hell were African-Americans supposed to gain access to equal employment and public services without some sort of government intervention? By asking politely? It's easy to support "private business rights" when one does not face pervasive discrimination.

[DesertWarriorBoy]

Eagles, he does NOT support only whites. He supports the constitutional right to make your own rules for your own business. If you want segregate your business it's your right. It's the wrong thing to do but its your right. Black, white or otherwise.

[tuck295q]

If it's a public government run business (if any that gives service for gas) that everybody pays fair share in their taxes, no government can discriminate any human citizen individual as part of their bill of right contract.

If it is a private run, I must be a fucking retard to give my money to bigot racist asshole just for freaking gas. Btw, I'm gay as well. That's why monopoly that is formed by government involvement must be stopped. Why do u think high tech comp support gay, etc? Money.

[patriotcitzen]

The issue is about our Civil "Rights", not our "preferences". For example, say you're an Asian-American whose "preference" is to spend your money with those in your Asian-American community when possible. However, you've run out of gas in a White-American community, and they refuse to sell gas to you because you're Asian-American. Though you're Asian-American and prefer to support the businesses in your community, as an American, wouldn't you still want the RIGHT to buy gas anywhere in America?

[tuck295q]

I wish more people can think like you do... Unfortunately, that's not the case. :/

[nailo1]

i don't get it i would think paul would just say that he likes the act but wishes it could be done in a free market way

of course he would have a problem 3 questions later but wtf this is like the dumbest things

[clemferguson]

The protesters at the Woolworth sit-in didn't see it that way. Why should a business that benefits from society not be required to give anything in return such a serve everyone in the society it's built off of? You wouldn't see it that way if you were only allowed to work behind the counter, but never sit at it. What people don't understand is how others can be oppressed by the "free-market" as any government.

[ShellB12]

I think he was saying that it is unconstitutional to force private citizens to serve people they do not want to serve with their own private property. Public domains are another story.