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Re: Is Ted Cruz Satan? Discuss.
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Originally Posted by Sidd Finch
Query: Would it be possible to find a Muslim restaurant or café owner in a state with a RFRA like the one Indiana passed, who would announce that he would no longer provide service to unveiled women or a woman seated with a man not her husband? That would be interesting.
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This is going to sound more abrasive than I mean it -- sorry -- but I don't think that would be all that interesting. Muslim restauranteurs in this country must be very clear that they are in the distinct minority. I bet there are places with essentially that policy, but there's no reason for them to make an announcement because non-Muslims aren't going there anyway. The Christians who are pushing these new versions of RFRA have always enjoyed the sense that they are the majority and have a relative status -- privilege, but they wouldn't call it that -- that is now being taken away. It's not the abstract principle that is important to anyone here -- it's what's happening to different people's social status.
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