> Four men wearing Nazi lapel pins who were refused service and evicted from a German restaurant in Torrance won a legal victory Thursday when a Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled that their civil rights were violated.
> Judge Kurt J. Lewin ruled that the Alpine Village restaurant was in conflict with the First Amendment to the Constitution and state civil rights laws when it evicted the men two years ago. The four Los Angeles-area residents had been wearing swastika pins when they entered the restaurant during an Oktoberfest celebration.
> When asked to remove the pins or leave, the men refused, resulting in an altercation with restaurant employees that caused the would-be diners to be arrested, attorneys said.
> “We thought it was an important case under the (1959) Unruh Civil Rights Act,” said attorney Carol Sobel, the American Civil Liberties Union attorney who represented Joe Fields, 24, of San Pedro, and three other plaintiffs who support white-supremacist doctrines.
Support Nazi goals of fascism, racism, and homophobia? Can't use the software because you are a bigot.
Oppose Nazis? Can't use the software because (at least in California) you are a bigot.
The prohibition of "bigotry of any kind" reminds me of California's Unruh Civil Rights Act. Quoting the LA Times from 1988, at https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-03-11-mn-1358-s...
> Four men wearing Nazi lapel pins who were refused service and evicted from a German restaurant in Torrance won a legal victory Thursday when a Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled that their civil rights were violated.
> Judge Kurt J. Lewin ruled that the Alpine Village restaurant was in conflict with the First Amendment to the Constitution and state civil rights laws when it evicted the men two years ago. The four Los Angeles-area residents had been wearing swastika pins when they entered the restaurant during an Oktoberfest celebration.
> When asked to remove the pins or leave, the men refused, resulting in an altercation with restaurant employees that caused the would-be diners to be arrested, attorneys said.
> “We thought it was an important case under the (1959) Unruh Civil Rights Act,” said attorney Carol Sobel, the American Civil Liberties Union attorney who represented Joe Fields, 24, of San Pedro, and three other plaintiffs who support white-supremacist doctrines.
Support Nazi goals of fascism, racism, and homophobia? Can't use the software because you are a bigot.
Oppose Nazis? Can't use the software because (at least in California) you are a bigot.