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Old 11-04-2006, 10:52 PM   #18
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Originally Posted by Cheese View Post
Why should my ability to move around a city be conditioned on Muslim religious law? Why shouldn't everyone have the same rights to move around a city regardless of what Muslim, Jewish, Christian, or Hindu doctrines say about them, their religion, their pets, or what they drink?
I assume that you're equally outraged that an African American male has a hard time getting a cab in New York City.

That said, I think this position of the cabbies is wrong. If you want to be a cabbie, you should not be able to discriminate against members of the public.
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