roomate.com is a business providing more access to those seeking a roomate. if that roomate has some restrictions to whom it will allow to share the rent/home with, then as an individual i can do that. it would be different if it was a business whom had several apartments and are trying to fill the so called empty beds but is being discreet whom is with whom. now that is illegal. but if the website is helping individuals find a roomate, then that is ok.
in our own industry we do discriminate (under the rules of large numbers) and we can legally get away with it. in the housing industry there is now way to prove that one set of folks are not able to pay their bill based on their social behavior w/in that apartment.
now as a roomate, we can control any behavior in my apartment or house because my name is on the title or lease. here’s the reason why it is so important as the head of that particular household, because it creates an enviroment that i am willing to share with my family (especially those of single parents).
basically the roomate.com is providing an additional outlet for the person looking for an additional roomate to whom meets their own criteria as well as being able to share in the costs and rewards of being in a shared home.
problem that we are dealing with is that judges are elected and appointed. some of the judges are looking to make a settlement based on it’s backing constituents and possible voting gains. others are truly striving to see that the evidence of the truth in the passed laws are truly equal to all and judged accordingly. in this case, i think they may have gotten it wrong. like the person said earlier, this kind of thing is advertised in the paper with acrynoms.
as a society are we prepared to truly controlled by the government? are we prepared to start giving our freedoms away? why are we so afraid to speak? if the voice and freedom of speech does not prevail, where will our small voices go? if we can not blog and say how we feel, then why did collaborate on the internet?
i hope that this has opened up a few minds and inspired a few thoughts. because is that not what we intended? laws are passed after a long discussions some are tabled for later, others scrapped and some actually have meaning and pass. where do we end on this?
Sexual orientation is not covered under Title VII, so the court has again decided to make a law that the people would never approve under the legislative process. This is known as tyranny.
If I’m interested in finding a roomate and engage a web-service I don’t expect state or federal interference with my rights as a private citizen. Employers and business are fine, but this is too much. Selecting a roomate is a personal decision and implying discrimination is nonsensical an insulting. People want to know who they’ll be sharing space with and have the right to describe their requirements. That’s preference, not discrimination. And even if it were, that’s a personal right.
Agreed Dread. There is nothing wrong with the roommates asking these questions to find a roommate and the web site is not doing anything wrong here. I certainly would not want to find out my future roommate is like Al (old, bigoted, un-american, breeder, homophobic, etc.). Freedom – why so self-hating and why are you afraid of acknowledging your homosexuality? If you are one….
If my roomie were a bugger, he might sneeze on me and give me AIDS. Then until I died a horrible death ppeople might wonder if I got AIDS the typical way or was one of sodomy’s many innocent victims.
seems like we are all on the same page. why should the government control my individual action? it’s my house i live in and pay rent for. i am allowing someone to live in my house, so i should be able to control that environment. it’s like living in a messy world or clean one? i can’t control the business and whom that company makes money with, but i know i control my own household. just makes it more convenient if i can make access to the whole country.
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roomate.com is a business providing more access to those seeking a roomate. if that roomate has some restrictions to whom it will allow to share the rent/home with, then as an individual i can do that. it would be different if it was a business whom had several apartments and are trying to fill the so called empty beds but is being discreet whom is with whom. now that is illegal. but if the website is helping individuals find a roomate, then that is ok.
in our own industry we do discriminate (under the rules of large numbers) and we can legally get away with it. in the housing industry there is now way to prove that one set of folks are not able to pay their bill based on their social behavior w/in that apartment.
now as a roomate, we can control any behavior in my apartment or house because my name is on the title or lease. here’s the reason why it is so important as the head of that particular household, because it creates an enviroment that i am willing to share with my family (especially those of single parents).
basically the roomate.com is providing an additional outlet for the person looking for an additional roomate to whom meets their own criteria as well as being able to share in the costs and rewards of being in a shared home.
problem that we are dealing with is that judges are elected and appointed. some of the judges are looking to make a settlement based on it’s backing constituents and possible voting gains. others are truly striving to see that the evidence of the truth in the passed laws are truly equal to all and judged accordingly. in this case, i think they may have gotten it wrong. like the person said earlier, this kind of thing is advertised in the paper with acrynoms.
as a society are we prepared to truly controlled by the government? are we prepared to start giving our freedoms away? why are we so afraid to speak? if the voice and freedom of speech does not prevail, where will our small voices go? if we can not blog and say how we feel, then why did collaborate on the internet?
i hope that this has opened up a few minds and inspired a few thoughts. because is that not what we intended? laws are passed after a long discussions some are tabled for later, others scrapped and some actually have meaning and pass. where do we end on this?
Sexual orientation is not covered under Title VII, so the court has again decided to make a law that the people would never approve under the legislative process. This is known as tyranny.
If I’m interested in finding a roomate and engage a web-service I don’t expect state or federal interference with my rights as a private citizen. Employers and business are fine, but this is too much. Selecting a roomate is a personal decision and implying discrimination is nonsensical an insulting. People want to know who they’ll be sharing space with and have the right to describe their requirements. That’s preference, not discrimination. And even if it were, that’s a personal right.
Agreed Dread. There is nothing wrong with the roommates asking these questions to find a roommate and the web site is not doing anything wrong here. I certainly would not want to find out my future roommate is like Al (old, bigoted, un-american, breeder, homophobic, etc.). Freedom – why so self-hating and why are you afraid of acknowledging your homosexuality? If you are one….
If my roomie were a bugger, he might sneeze on me and give me AIDS. Then until I died a horrible death ppeople might wonder if I got AIDS the typical way or was one of sodomy’s many innocent victims.
It’s my right to discrimiate.
seems like we are all on the same page. why should the government control my individual action? it’s my house i live in and pay rent for. i am allowing someone to live in my house, so i should be able to control that environment. it’s like living in a messy world or clean one? i can’t control the business and whom that company makes money with, but i know i control my own household. just makes it more convenient if i can make access to the whole country.