University Of Washington College Republicans Threaten Discrimination Lawsuit

[stjames1_53]

University Of Washington College Republicans Threaten Discrimination Lawsuit
Mike Brest

The University of Washington College Republicans club threatened a discrimination lawsuit on Saturday after a bar told them they could not host a celebration of Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation there because of its political nature.
They titled the event at Shultzy’s bar “Beers 4 Brett,” and the description of the event was, “Let’s celebrate our newest Supreme Court Justice, and the failure of the lies and false claims against him!”
Many people on the left saw the event page — and posted threats on social media — while others called the bar, according to Armen Tooloee, a member of the club, who spoke to The Daily Caller on Monday.
On Saturday, the day of the event, the bar contacted the group and asked them not to come, saying “Shultzy’s is a sports-themed bar & grill that welcomes everyone. We do not promote or endorse any one religious or political viewpoint. As such, due to the political nature of your planned event, we request that you find another venue to celebrate.”
The UWCR, then contacted a lawyer that has worked for them in the past, Bill Becker from FreedomX. Becker told the club’s president, Chevy Swanson, to call the bar and tell them they were violating Seattle discrimination law.
“[Becker] advised us to call and explain that they can’t deny service over political leanings,” Swanson told Jason Rantz. “We did and they hung up on us…”
Becker then posted on Shultzy’s Facebook page explaining that they were violating Seattle discrimination law if they refuse to serve the college Republicans after hosting any other event of a political nature. If they uniformly denied all political events then they would not be breaking the law.
“I think showing how far people on the left will go to defame someone has united the right,” Swanson said to CrossCut. “You don’t see people in the Senate giving a crap about anyone unless it’s politically viable for them. . . . They don’t care.”

They ended up going to the bar without further controversy. There were a handful of “low energy protesters,” Tooloee said.
The bar refused to comment on the story and they have since deleted their Facebook page.

http://dailycaller.com/2018/10/08/wa...icans-lawsuit/

now, that's funny..............This needs to happen across America. I'd start with those restaurants that deny service to any conservative based on political preference.
Then punish them additionally by tearing their facebook accounts

[Peter1469]

Good thing they didn't want a gay wedding cake.

[Dr. Who]

It sounds more like the bar was concerned about fights breaking out in the bar. Instead of saying they didn't want to host political celebrations, they should simply have said that they had received threats and that they were worried about violent conflict. They would have been within their rights. I don't suppose that the Republican group were actually hoping for a fight?

"Their "#Beers4Brett" social media posts from the Seattle bar and grill Saturday were met with several supportive comments. "Have a beer and relax. You tried to smear a good man but we saw through your deceit and didn’t waiver. #Beers4Brett."
The group retweeted one critic who claimed the UW College Republicans were flashing a "white power" OK hand signal in order to bait liberals angry about the confirmation. "And here we have the UW College Republicans apparently trolling with the "OK" hand sign (presumably meant to mock liberals) while celebrating "Beers 4 Brett" at Schultzy's Bar and Grill in the U District," tweeted Jimmy Lovaas Saturday night."
https://www.newsweek.com/university-...ett-ok-1157045

[stjames1_53]

It sounds more like the bar was concerned about fights breaking out in the bar. Instead of saying they didn't want to host political celebrations, they should simply have said that they had received threats and that they were worried about violent conflict. They would have been within their rights. I don't suppose that the Republican group were actually hoping for a fight?

"Their "#Beers4Brett" social media posts from the Seattle bar and grill Saturday were met with several supportive comments. "Have a beer and relax. You tried to smear a good man but we saw through your deceit and didn’t waiver. #Beers4Brett."
The group retweeted one critic who claimed the UW College Republicans were flashing a "white power" OK hand signal in order to bait liberals angry about the confirmation. "And here we have the UW College Republicans apparently trolling with the "OK" hand sign (presumably meant to mock liberals) while celebrating "Beers 4 Brett" at Schultzy's Bar and Grill in the U District," tweeted Jimmy Lovaas Saturday night."
https://www.newsweek.com/university-...ett-ok-1157045

just when did the "OK" sign become a racial slur?
It is used in ASL for OK............so now ASL is a racially discriminatory language......
It doesn't matter, the statue concerning denying entry states they cannot politically discriminate. They acted in a discriminatory manner.
In essence, you're supporting political segregation...........
"Ya''gotta get in the back of de bus......" so kind of you

[Dr. Who]

just when did the "OK" sign become a racial slur?
It is used in ASL for OK............so now ASL is a racially discriminatory language......
It doesn't matter, the statue concerning denying entry states they cannot politically discriminate. They acted in a discriminatory manner.
In essence, you're supporting political segregation...........
"Ya''gotta get in the back of de bus......" so kind of you

I don't know, but I've been hearing about it a lot in the last few years. Perhaps some WP group is using it.

If a bar would rather not have a brawl break out because two conflicting groups, political or otherwise, are likely to clash on their premises, particularly when they are young and full of beer, I suppose that they have a right to avoid that situation.