"Anti-Islam" T-shirt pulled from Ft. Carson exchange

[funkymonkey1111]

http://gazette.com/vendor-at-fort-ca...rticle/1562554



An anti-Islam T-shirt for sale at a kiosk outside Fort Carson's post exchange was removed from shelves after its one day on display prompted complaints.

The shirt depicted the Statue of Liberty wearing a head-to-toe burqa such as those worn by some Muslim women and the words "Don't let this happen in America."


Army and Air Force Exchange Service spokesman Chris Ward said complaints led to a quick removal of the shirt and a counseling for the kiosk-operator whose contract forbids that kind of merchandise.


"We don't want anything offensive or unpatriotic," Ward said.


The exchange service also bans merchandise with political and religious messages, Ward said.



Ward said the shirt was first stocked at the kiosk outside the main post exchange on Sunday and was removed Monday after a shopper complained to local managers.


The T-shirt earned the ire of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation in New Mexico, which is run by Air Force Academy graduate Mikey Weinstein.


"The juxtaposition of that shocking image and text message on that T-shirt epitomizes the wretched plight of prejudice and bigotry which innocent Muslim Americans all too often suffer while so honorably serving in today's service branches," the foundation wrote in a statement.


The exchange service, headquartered in Dallas, is a government-run retailer at military installations worldwide.

Ward said store managers get their orders from Dallas rather than local commanders, and the leadership had nothing to do with the shirt's appearance or its removal.

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[Calculated]

Where do I get one?

[Robb]

No Sh*t, I'll take one too.

[roberth]

Yes, where can I get one.

Buy a couple for Xmas presents.

[Gman]

Seemed like a patriotic shirt to me.

[Calculated]

Seems like the right to free speech is being infringed upon here....

Why do I have to stomach the Anti-American sentiment that we have to cater to stepping on "someone's" toes? Its a free country, if they don't like it, they can go home, or wherever they are accepted!

[Skip]

Seems like the right to free speech is being infringed upon here....

Why do I have to stomach the Anti-American sentiment that we have to cater to stepping on "someone's" toes? Its a free country, if they don't like it, they can go home, or wherever they are accepted!

Because an offended Liberal said so. You can't offend any member of the Liberal alliance.

Why does a Colorado baker have to "bake the cake" while Muslim drivers in Illinois sue (and win) over hauling alcohol? Not only did they get paid, they get their jobs. The CO baker has to pay and bake the cake.

[Martinjmpr]

Why does a Colorado baker have to "bake the cake" while Muslim drivers in Illinois sue (and win) over hauling alcohol? Not only did they get paid, they get their jobs. The CO baker has to pay and bake the cake.

The bakers were sued under a Colorado state law.

Colorado law does not apply in Illinois.

[Skip]

The bakers were sued under a Colorado state law.

Colorado law does not apply in Illinois.

Nice try. They are both examples of equal treatment under the law. I believe the 14th Amendment is incorporated against the states, is it not? Yes, I believe so--in fact that was the whole idea.

One group can be offended and pound sand. The other gets victimhood status. This is not an accident.

[Martinjmpr]

Nice try. They are both examples of equal treatment under the law. I believe the 14th Amendment is incorporated against the states, is it not? Yes, I believe so--in fact that was the whole idea.

Nope. The lawsuit against the bakers had nothing to do with the 14th amendment.

Here is the relevant statute (relevant parts in red):

24-34-601. Discrimination in places of public accommodation - definition

(1) As used in this part 6, "place of public accommodation" means any place of business engaged in any sales to the public and any place offering services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations to the public, including but not limited to any business offering wholesale or retail sales to the public; any place to eat, drink, sleep, or rest, or any combination thereof; any sporting or recreational area and facility; any public transportation facility; a barber shop, bathhouse, swimming pool, bath, steam or massage parlor, gymnasium, or other establishment conducted to serve the health, appearance, or physical condition of a person; a campsite or trailer camp; a dispensary, clinic, hospital, convalescent home, or other institution for the sick, ailing, aged, or infirm; a mortuary, undertaking parlor, or cemetery; an educational institution; or any public building, park, arena, theater, hall, auditorium, museum, library, exhibit, or public facility of any kind whether indoor or outdoor. "Place of public accommodation" shall not include a church, synagogue, mosque, or other place that is principally used for religious purposes.

(2) (a) It is a discriminatory practice and unlawful for a person, directly or indirectly, to refuse, withhold from, or deny to an individual or a group, because of disability, race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, or ancestry, the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations of a place of public accommodation or, directly or indirectly, to publish, circulate, issue, display, post, or mail any written, electronic, or printed communication, notice, or advertisement that indicates that the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations of a place of public accommodation will be refused, withheld from, or denied an individual or that an individual's patronage or presence at a place of public accommodation is unwelcome, objectionable, unacceptable, or undesirable because of disability, race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, or ancestry.

Some states have laws like this, some states don't. In Arizona, for example, you can discriminate against gays all you want, but in CO you can't. I have no idea what the law is in IL .