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[Whitmer Gestapo...] Discrimination charge filed against Michigan salon after owner's comments on gender identity
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Nov 16, 2023, 3:32:10 PM11/16/23
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A hair salon in northern Michigan is facing a
discrimination charge from the state's Department of Civil Rights after
its owner posted on social media earlier this year that anyone identifying
as other than a man or a woman is not welcome at her business.
The department claims in the charge filed Wednesday that Traverse City's
Studio 8 Hair Lab violated the state's civil rights act in a Facebook post
in July from its owner, Christine Geiger, by unlawfully discriminating
against three claimants.
The post, which is no longer available, read, “If a human identifies as
anything other than a man/woman please seek services at a local pet
groomer. You are not welcome at this salon. Period. Should you request to
have a particular pronoun used please note we may simply refer to you as
‘hey you.’”
A hearing will now be scheduled before an administrative law judge, who
will issue a recommendation after hearing the merits of the complaint,
according to the civil rights department. The recommendation will then go
before Michigan's Civil Rights Commission to either adopt or make their
own ruling.
Penalties, according to the complaint, could include monetary compensation
for the claimants' emotional distress and mental anguish sustained by the
discrimination. The department allows for any other relief “as the
commission seems just and proper,” which could include additional fees and
a recommendation that the business' license be suspended.
Geiger, who did not respond to a request for comment by email, filed her
own complaint against the city of Traverse City and the three individuals
on Oct. 25. The complaint accuses the city and three of its residents of
violating the salon’s First Amendment rights for filing civil rights
complaints, according to the lawsuit obtained by The Associated Press.
Her attorney, David DeLaney, told AP that Geiger was exercising free
speech and that the comments reflected her “religious beliefs.” He added
that Geiger never physically blocked anyone from entering her business.
In a July interview with The Associated Press, Geiger stood by her posts
and said small business owners should be free to serve whomever they wish.
“I just don’t want the woke dollar. ... I’d rather not be as busy than to
have to do services that I don’t agree with.”
Michigan’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination in
employment, housing and public services based on religion, race, color,
national origin, age, sex, height, weight, familial status or marital
status.
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John E. Johnson Jr., the executive director of the Michigan Department of
Civil Rights, told reporters Wednesday that Studio 8 violated the law by
“denying their services based on sex."
The civil rights act was amended earlier this year by the Michigan
Legislature to further add protections for sexual orientation and gender
identity and expression. The legislation was not given immediate effect,
which would have required Republican lawmakers to side with the Democratic
majority, and won't take effect until February 2024.
Marcelina Trevino, the director of enforcement for the Michigan Department
of Civil Rights, said Wednesday that the department has “been taking
complaints and have jurisdiction under sex for both sexual orientation as
well as gender identity or expression under case law,” defined by previous
rulings from Michigan's Court of Claims and state Supreme Court.
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A hair salon in northern Michigan is facing a
discrimination charge from the state's Department of Civil Rights after
its owner posted on social media earlier this year that anyone identifying
as other than a man or a woman is not welcome at her business.
The department claims in the charge filed Wednesday that Traverse City's
Studio 8 Hair Lab violated the state's civil rights act in a Facebook post
in July from its owner, Christine Geiger, by unlawfully discriminating
against three claimants.
The post, which is no longer available, read, “If a human identifies as
anything other than a man/woman please seek services at a local pet
groomer. You are not welcome at this salon. Period. Should you request to
have a particular pronoun used please note we may simply refer to you as
‘hey you.’”
A hearing will now be scheduled before an administrative law judge, who
will issue a recommendation after hearing the merits of the complaint,
according to the civil rights department. The recommendation will then go
before Michigan's Civil Rights Commission to either adopt or make their
own ruling.
Penalties, according to the complaint, could include monetary compensation
for the claimants' emotional distress and mental anguish sustained by the
discrimination. The department allows for any other relief “as the
commission seems just and proper,” which could include additional fees and
a recommendation that the business' license be suspended.
Geiger, who did not respond to a request for comment by email, filed her
own complaint against the city of Traverse City and the three individuals
on Oct. 25. The complaint accuses the city and three of its residents of
violating the salon’s First Amendment rights for filing civil rights
complaints, according to the lawsuit obtained by The Associated Press.
Her attorney, David DeLaney, told AP that Geiger was exercising free
speech and that the comments reflected her “religious beliefs.” He added
that Geiger never physically blocked anyone from entering her business.
In a July interview with The Associated Press, Geiger stood by her posts
and said small business owners should be free to serve whomever they wish.
“I just don’t want the woke dollar. ... I’d rather not be as busy than to
have to do services that I don’t agree with.”
Michigan’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination in
employment, housing and public services based on religion, race, color,
national origin, age, sex, height, weight, familial status or marital
status.
Spray Alcohol on Your Bed at Night and Just Watch
John E. Johnson Jr., the executive director of the Michigan Department of
Civil Rights, told reporters Wednesday that Studio 8 violated the law by
“denying their services based on sex."
The civil rights act was amended earlier this year by the Michigan
Legislature to further add protections for sexual orientation and gender
identity and expression. The legislation was not given immediate effect,
which would have required Republican lawmakers to side with the Democratic
majority, and won't take effect until February 2024.
Marcelina Trevino, the director of enforcement for the Michigan Department
of Civil Rights, said Wednesday that the department has “been taking
complaints and have jurisdiction under sex for both sexual orientation as
well as gender identity or expression under case law,” defined by previous
rulings from Michigan's Court of Claims and state Supreme Court.
--
We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that
stupid people won't be offended.
Durham Report: The FBI has an integrity problem. It has none.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.
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