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New in America: Not Muslim, No Taxi

Submitted by Claude Broussard, Jan 8, 2007 16:18

It is astonishing to me that there would be any question that the taxi driver had any right to refuse service to anyone that is in need of honest transportation. If any licensed taxi driver refuses service for any reason - other than a criminal threat - then that taxi driver's license should be immediately removed and that driver should be placed on a "black list" so that they could never hold another such job. Immediate termination of the license and should that driver attempt to serve in any capacity that requires a drivers license - commercial or chauffer - then that person should be held criminally liable.

We have become a "sick" society by allowing such nonsense to take place in our country.

Claude

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Why doesn't some enterpenurial soul take up the gautlet and start their own taxi service to push these miscreants right... [MORE]	Jeffrey Geiser	Jan 12, 2007 16:49
such drivers need to be removed from their positions. If they will not observe the equal access public service laws,... [MORE]	Dave petteys	Jan 10, 2007 16:41
You may call your own taxi to pick you up at the airport in Minmeapolis. Many people use the company... [MORE]	paul	Jan 11, 2007 08:24
Come on fellow north Americans, don't be racist like this. It only looks bad on you Americans. [MORE]	James Robinson	May 27, 2007 11:55
Listen up Metropolitan Airports Commission, anywhere else these taxi drivers would lose the right to work the airport. Taxi drivers are... [MORE]	Al Griggs	Jan 9, 2007 21:04
This piece is a transparent attempt to stir up prejudice against Muslims. No source is quoted. Nothing is verified in... [MORE]	Duncan Brown	Jan 9, 2007 15:15
Hey! So blind people get stranded at the airport when they get to a new town, people get dissed first... [MORE]	David Powell	Jan 9, 2007 12:52
It is astonishing to me that there would be any question that the taxi driver had any right to refuse...	Claude Broussard	Jan 8, 2007 16:18
I read with great interest the article written by someone I can only assume is a Muslim, though that is... [MORE]	Keith Hoffman	Jan 8, 2007 14:04
As you point out, this is not limited to the US. It is a problem face in Europe as well... [MORE]	T om Lemmen	Jan 8, 2007 07:43
If the taxi drivers will not accept certain kinds of passengers because of the drivers' beliefs, they should not be... [MORE]	Sondra Eckstein	Jan 9, 2007 03:31
Why is the ACLU not all over this. This is a separation of church and state issue if there ever... [MORE]	eric	Jan 9, 2007 15:06

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