Necessary Roughness

An interesting crack in civil rights law has been formed in Australia. Reuters reports (link dead) that a tribunal has given the owner of a gay bar the right to ban straights.

Australia’s equal opportunity laws prevent people being discriminated against based on race, religion or sexuality.

But Peel Hotel owner Tom McFeely said the ruling was necessary to provide gay men with a non-threatening atmosphere to freely express their sexuality.

This is a point in favor of personal liberty, the ability of a proprietor to limit access to his property how he chooses. We can hope for more suits to expand this personal liberty; if not, then the homosexuals just become a special victim class earning rights that nobody else has.