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minus-squareharderian729@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoI’m curious what the legality of this really is. What rights do businesses have to dictate which restrooms their patrons use?
minus-squareneptune@dmv.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoProbably none. The whole bathroom debate has been legally dubious from the outset.
minus-squareharderian729@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoThat’s weird. They can refuse people using their bathrooms if they don’t pay, I figured denying them for other reasons was also on the table.
minus-squareneptune@dmv.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoHow could it be? Are they checking birth certificates?
minus-squareharderian729@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoI mean, they shouldn’t even have to check birth certificates. What’s stopping a business from saying you can’t use their restrooms just because they feel like it?
minus-squareneptune@dmv.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoWell potentially nothing? Until someone says “why?” and then it becomes gender discrimination
minus-squareharderian729@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoDoes a business even have to answer that question?
I’m curious what the legality of this really is.
What rights do businesses have to dictate which restrooms their patrons use?
Probably none. The whole bathroom debate has been legally dubious from the outset.
That’s weird. They can refuse people using their bathrooms if they don’t pay, I figured denying them for other reasons was also on the table.
How could it be? Are they checking birth certificates?
I mean, they shouldn’t even have to check birth certificates.
What’s stopping a business from saying you can’t use their restrooms just because they feel like it?
Well potentially nothing? Until someone says “why?” and then it becomes gender discrimination
Does a business even have to answer that question?