Comments on: Conscience, t-shirts and coercion https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/04/conscience-t-shirts-and-coercion/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:23:24 +0000 hourly 1 By: Fake Drudge https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/04/conscience-t-shirts-and-coercion/comment-page-1/#comment-154126 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:23:24 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=29370#comment-154126 I know a gay screen printer. I’m going to see if he’ll print a nasty homophobic bible verse for me…

Anyone wanna represent?

]]> By: kimsch https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/04/conscience-t-shirts-and-coercion/comment-page-1/#comment-154065 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:53:33 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=29370#comment-154065 Freedom of association has already been eroded by anti-discrimination laws. I say do business with whom you will. Discriminate if you want. Let the market and boycotts put you out of business if they will.

It’s really all about power anyway. “You don’t want to do business with me? I’ll force you to!”

]]> By: Don https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/04/conscience-t-shirts-and-coercion/comment-page-1/#comment-154061 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:49:16 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=29370#comment-154061 That’s why you don’t refuse orders like that. You just jack the price up 1,000% of your normal rate. If they still want the order, at that price, take it.">

Probably what their competitors did, which is why they got the order

]]> By: Mannie https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/04/conscience-t-shirts-and-coercion/comment-page-1/#comment-154058 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:34:14 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=29370#comment-154058 This is a problem with having a bunch of Protected Groups.

]]> By: Melvin H. https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/04/conscience-t-shirts-and-coercion/comment-page-1/#comment-154047 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:45:20 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=29370#comment-154047 Could an argument be used by the shop that being forced to do business–or in this case print speech against their beliefs–would violate freedom of (from?) association?

]]> By: Jim Collins https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/04/conscience-t-shirts-and-coercion/comment-page-1/#comment-154031 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:13:33 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=29370#comment-154031 That’s why you don’t refuse orders like that. You just jack the price up 1,000% of your normal rate. If they still want the order, at that price, take it.

]]> By: David Schwartz https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/04/conscience-t-shirts-and-coercion/comment-page-1/#comment-153991 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 08:23:47 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=29370#comment-153991 How dare someone discriminate in what words they wish to print!

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