re: USC's Pat Haden, citing gay son, won't attend meeting in Indiana

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No shoes no shirt no service as cliched as it is speaks more to the rights of private business to do business with whom they wish. It applies across the board and freedom of association which is inherent in our country's DNA. It's not a public domain issue but allows privately held corporate entities to do business exactly as private individuals are able and a response to cases like the one in Colorado where a baker is fined for refusing to make a cake for a gay wedding.
Haden is well within his rights not to go if his employer allows such, so I agree with him as well. If Indiana passed a gay friendly law and Haden didn't attend on the grounds of religion. He would be drawn and quartered as a homophobe, but the State lauded given our current environment and calls would be for him to be forced to attend. The backlash is a good thing and certainly within a citizens rights as a private individual, the comments by an executive such as Apple computer CEO to me is more troublesome, the company is pubicly held and he's charged with the oversight of it as a whole. Not using his office as a forum for social commentary of his opinion.

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I think Sarah Palin wrote this. It's got that "trying too hard to sound like I know what I'm talking about" vibe.