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brooklynite

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23. Okay, I'll play along...

Reply to Jim Lane (Reply #7)

Thu Jun 22, 2017, 04:16 PM

Jun 2017

You have five "male only" seats. Four of them are purchased. All gender-neutral seats are purchased. A female wants to purchase the remaining seat. Do you sell it to her? Or do you "accommodate different religious beliefs"?

Second point. A higher proportion of the population is female. Is it discrimination to have an equal number of "male only" and female only seats" available?

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Israeli airline can't make women move seats for religious reasons, court rules [View all] rpannier Jun 2017 OP

Finally! This is long overdue. MineralMan Jun 2017 #1

Oh, good for her! It was absolutely discrimination! As a woman myself, Hortensis Jun 2017 #2

Per the linked article, the woman did agree to move. Jim Lane Jun 2017 #8

Make The Ultra-Orthodox Person Book Another Flight erpowers Jun 2017 #3

Make the ultra-orthodox person pay for the seat on each side to keep it empty. SharonAnn Jun 2017 #36

AWESOME leftynyc Jun 2017 #4

Good. I can't believe this was even a case. HughBeaumont Jun 2017 #5

Exactly. Nations and governments LanternWaste Jun 2017 #6

Now here's a tougher question Jim Lane Jun 2017 #7

Easy answer RainCaster Jun 2017 #11

But what if the airline WANTS to use assigned seating? Jim Lane Jun 2017 #12

Buying a second seat does no good MurrayDelph Jun 2017 #22

Also buying 2 seats does not mean you will Doreen Jun 2017 #29

Subsitute race for gender and I think you see how easy the answer is. geek tragedy Jun 2017 #13

You say "Separate but equal is not a thing" but what about the rest rooms? Jim Lane Jun 2017 #16

Plane restrooms are unisex. geek tragedy Jun 2017 #17

And the rest rooms in the terminal are sex-segregated. Jim Lane Jun 2017 #18

Airlines may not refuse to sell an unsold seat on a plane on the basis of race, sex, etc. geek tragedy Jun 2017 #20

If the guy sitting next to me is allowed to take out his johnson to Ilsa Jun 2017 #25

Your suggestion raises a different problem. Jim Lane Jun 2017 #32

What other discrimination based on religion would then be allowed? suffragette Jun 2017 #14

The question is not whether the discrimination is reasonable.... Jim Lane Jun 2017 #15

violating someone else's rights is not a reasonable accomodation nt geek tragedy Jun 2017 #21

Yet, you raised it being "reasonable" in your previous post. That's why I used that term. suffragette Jun 2017 #24

You misunderstood what I wrote. Jim Lane Jun 2017 #31

I was quite clear in my post. You are choosing to misdirect. suffragette Jun 2017 #35

Okay, I'll play along... brooklynite Jun 2017 #23

Good questions. Jim Lane Jun 2017 #33

If it's voluntary and limited to just a few rows for religious accommodation, I don't have an issue. NutmegYankee Jun 2017 #27

There's been plenty of people I didn't want to sit next to on a plane Bayard Jun 2017 #9

Now if only US airlines follow suit obamanut2012 Jun 2017 #10

I see an opportunity for an entrepreneur here. lpbk2713 Jun 2017 #19

Stop! quit! stop! Doreen Jun 2017 #30

I'm thinking another industry... Sen. Walter Sobchak Jun 2017 #37

Anyone flying on a public airline needs to get over it. Ilsa Jun 2017 #26

K&R Gothmog Jun 2017 #28

Simple solution crazycatlady Jun 2017 #34