Oddly, no printjob for gay

nightclub due to "lifestyle."

Now there is a first.



By Maurice Lacunza

"Not that we're against homosexuals at all. But because knowing that our printed products will be advertising and promoting the kind of lifestyle that goes against our morals is something that he (the owner) can't bring himself to do."

Drag club owner arm wrestles

with printer man. Loser has to give

the winner the best printjob

they ever had

Equal Rights of Washington said that it would not be tolerated if Access Printed Media decided to not print flyers for Jews, Blacks, or Latinos.

Lady wasn't supposed to

tell the real reason for

not giving gays a good printjob

Gotprint.net measures club

owner for really great printjob

The Stranger magazine which has reprinted the flyer in all of it's newspapers and it can be found here

A quick check with Jesus

revealed nothing about printjobs.

Something about feeding the hungry

and taking care of orphans.

Can businesses who offer services to the public legally deny their services for reasons based on race, creed, handicap or sexual orientation?

A local printer in Kent, Washington, south of Seattle, refused to print a flyer for a new gay nightclub, Diesel, planning for a grand opening later this month. The printer accepted the order but when the owner found out it was a gay venue, he said no. He said it went against their Christian morals. As reported in The Stranger , the club owners received an email from a female employee that said:The representative from Access Printed Media said that they do not have any written policies regarding what and who they will print for. However, she said that" The local ACLU was contacted and they said that it is a state law that businesses can turn down orders but that they must not legally discriminate against persons based on their sexual orientation.The owner of Access issued a statement that the representative should not have sent that email because it was unauthorized. The statement said that they wish to cause no harm and they hope that no one will harm them because of this. This writer tried to make contact with Access Printed Media and discovered that their website was no longer available. Repeated phone calls were not even answered. I tried at 3 pm today, Thursday, and no one picked up the phone at all. I suspect that the owner is afraid of the backlash. I wanted to speak to the owner and give him a chance to explain his position on the allegation that he was violating anti-discrimination laws. Apparently Access Printed Media is fearing retribution and is blocking access to their company by taking down the website and not answering the phone.In the end, (no pun intended) the owners of gay club Diesel found another printer, Gotprint.net , to print the flyer that was deemed too immoral to print. Luckily we haveYou can decide if it is too immoral for print.What do you think? Should it legal or ethically permissible for private businesses to discriminate against gay people?The laws of Washington state say no to discrimination. What is your opinion?