can you believe this?

[lizbud]

It still falls under public accomodations so there are limits on the rules he can set about who he will serve. He cannot, for instance, refuse to serve anyone who is Irish or of Irish descent. Or Baptists. Or Chinese.

Or Gay.

There was a case in Indy where a Gay group order a tray of cookies at the city market. They wanted the cookies decorated with rainbow colored sprinkles. (It was to celebrate some Gay event in the city) The store owner
refused their order because he didn't want to "endorse" their event.

The shop got so much bad press I think they changed their mind, but by
then the group bought their cookies elsewhere.

[IRescue452]

I'd eat at that place everyday. On another note, you used to not be able to have children in most apartment buildings back when my mom was young. I sure wish that were still the case today. If I ran an apartment complex it would be absolutely NO CHILDREN, but pet friendly. The kids above me must spend 3 hours a night jumping off of furniture. They knock things off my shelves and keep me from sleeping when I have work early mornings.

[wombat2u2004]

If I ran an apartment complex it would be absolutely NO CHILDREN, but pet friendly. The kids above me must spend 3 hours a night jumping off of furniture. They knock things off my shelves and keep me from sleeping when I have work early mornings.

Oh dear. How terrible.
My kids used to jump on my head first thing each morning. They were like little alarm clocks...yep, woke me up every day.

But yeah, I agree with you. I think there should be apartment complex's for people without children, or at least buildings constructed with little lockable basements that we could herd the little brats into with a whip each day so that we could all get our sleep.
And no restaurants for them either, we should put their food on the end of a stick and feed them through the bars of little holding pits that should be available to all respectable "children free but pets welcome" establishments.

How dare they disrupt our lives so. I blame society.

[wolfsoul]

I think it kind of ruins it for the people who really do have well behaved kids, especially if they don't have ayone to babysit. I am one of those people, and I'm still upset that I can't go to restauraunts that have a bar because it's illegal here for anyone under 19 to enter, so I can't go unless I go by myself because my hubsand would have to stay home and watch Tyler and I don't have anyone to go with. With the few restaurants in our town that don't have bars, it really limits our choices and we usually have to end up driving to one of the other cities around us, and that gets expensive and inconvenient. I can't imagine if the other restaurants here banned kids too.
But, that's me.. I have a really well behaved girl who has eaten out with us once or twice a week since she was born, and only one time has she ever started crying in the restaurant because she was 3 months old and tired; I simply took her outside, nursed her until she fell asleep, and brought her back in and she slept on my lap while we ate.
I have a friend whose child is absolutely crazy and so she doesn't take him out to restaurants. I think that's responsible.
I would rather see the restaurant manager tell people that they've had complaints and must pack up their food and leave, as opposed to banning every child from the restaurant, because it's really not fair to those who really do have good kids.

While it's ok to think it's only ONE restaurant, and that's not too bad because there are a million other restaurants to eat at, it's like saying that it's only ONE city banning pit bulls -- that's ok, there are a million other cities to live in, right?... Responsible parenting is the same as responsible dog ownership. If your kid is bad in a restaurant, don't take it there. If your dog is aggressive, don't let it run loose. Don't punish an entire breed for the few bad apples and don't punish every family either.
It doesn't just stay with ONE, people follow.. The more rules that are enforced, the more people will follow, the less options we have. I don't want fast-food restaurants to be the only place I can take my kids. It's not healthy and doesn't cater to my or my daughters' food allergies.
However it other restaurants were to have a Playplace LIKE Mcdonald's... That would be great lol..

[wombat2u2004]

I remember when my eldest girl Christie was about 3 or 4, and we went to an Italian Restaurant. She was always very well behaved, and always full of manners. When our entree was served (it was Bolognese I think), the waiter asked my wife if she'd like Mozzarella cheese sprinkled on it, and she did.
Next thing, Christie pipes up in her squealy voice "Mum, that smells like vomit"
Well, it brought the house down, everyone burst out laughing.

[Edwina's Secretary]

Or Gay.

There was a case in Indy where a Gay group order a tray of cookies at the city market. They wanted the cookies decorated with rainbow colored sprinkles. (It was to celebrate some Gay event in the city) The store owner
refused their order because he didn't want to "endorse" their event.

The shop got so much bad press I think they changed their mind, but by
then the group bought their cookies elsewhere.

Not exactly. Sexual orientation is not a protected class under federal law. Some states (not surprisingly CA is one of them. I suspect my home state of Indiana is not) extend protection to sexual orientation. But in states that do not it is legal to discriminate based on sexual orientation.

Fortunately, the market, the press (aka MSM) and basic human righteousness - take over - as in the situation you describe.