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Mad Lion · 02-05-2003, 07:51 PM

WTF? My local taco bell just put up on there sign the following: "Bring in a church bulletin for a 10% discount". How obnoxious! Is that kind of like saying "Card-carrying republicans get 10% off"? Is this even legal? I took a picture of the sign... I think I'll send it along with a letter to my local ACLU affiliate... we'll see what they think about it.

MacPrince · 02-05-2003, 08:18 PM

Technically, it is a private business, so they are free to do what they want. Not that I think it's at all fair.

However, I wonder what the Taco Bell top brass thinks about this. It's definitely not a chain-wide thing, and it may very well be against company policy. Maybe someone needs to bring it to their attention.

I wonder what the reaction would be to someone who printed out the "Kissing Hank's Ass" pamphlet and brought it in.

02-05-2003, 10:17 PM

I'm pretty sure that this is illegal. A fundy tried this a few years ago at a store that he owned and was ordered to stop after an atheist filed suit.

RufusAtticus · 02-05-2003, 10:35 PM

Since Taco Bell is not a religious organization, they cannot discriminate on the basis of religion. (Federal commerce regulations are somewhat nutty like that.) Such reglations were put in place to end discimination. The first one hit with it was an Alabama BBQ joint that exported its sauce across state lines. Because it participated in interstate commerce, the Feds could tell it that it had to serve African Americans.

SecularFuture · 02-06-2003, 12:34 AM

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Originally posted by WastedPotential
WTF? My local taco bell just put up on there sign the following: "Bring in a church bulletin for a 10% discount". How obnoxious! Is that kind of like saying "Card-carrying republicans get 10% off"? Is this even legal? I took a picture of the sign... I think I'll send it along with a letter to my local ACLU affiliate... we'll see what they think about it.

Play along with them! Get a church bulletin, get your 10% discount from Taco Bell, and just before you leave confess your secularism (if you are a secularist).

02-06-2003, 12:51 AM

Or bring in a bulletin from a non-existant "church" of atheism. See how they react to that!

ex-idaho · 02-06-2003, 12:56 AM

What about my newsletter from the Humanist Society? Think the brainiac behind the counter would even notice?

hezekiah jones · 02-06-2003, 05:26 AM

Take a Fred Phelps flyer.

mjennyt · 02-06-2003, 08:06 AM

I think there is something on the FFRF website about a similar situation.

Link

Sounds very similar to me.

braces_for_impact · 02-06-2003, 08:17 AM

Bust out photoshop and make your own Satanic church bulletin, have fun and be creative. Tell them you want some hot sauce for the sacrifice of the baby later and DEMAND your 10% off!

02-05-2003, 07:51 PM	#1
Mad Lion Regular Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Cookeville, Tennessee, U.S.A. Posts: 306	Taco Bell: Discount for religionists? WTF? My local taco bell just put up on there sign the following: "Bring in a church bulletin for a 10% discount". How obnoxious! Is that kind of like saying "Card-carrying republicans get 10% off"? Is this even legal? I took a picture of the sign... I think I'll send it along with a letter to my local ACLU affiliate... we'll see what they think about it.

02-05-2003, 08:18 PM	#2
MacPrince Regular Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: A suburb of Chicago you've probably never heard of Posts: 282	Well... Technically, it is a private business, so they are free to do what they want. Not that I think it's at all fair. However, I wonder what the Taco Bell top brass thinks about this. It's definitely not a chain-wide thing, and it may very well be against company policy. Maybe someone needs to bring it to their attention. I wonder what the reaction would be to someone who printed out the "Kissing Hank's Ass" pamphlet and brought it in.

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02-05-2003, 10:17 PM	#3
atheist_in_foxhole Guest Posts: n/a	I'm pretty sure that this is illegal. A fundy tried this a few years ago at a store that he owned and was ordered to stop after an atheist filed suit.

02-05-2003, 10:35 PM	#4
RufusAtticus Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: NCSU Posts: 5,853	Since Taco Bell is not a religious organization, they cannot discriminate on the basis of religion. (Federal commerce regulations are somewhat nutty like that.) Such reglations were put in place to end discimination. The first one hit with it was an Alabama BBQ joint that exported its sauce across state lines. Because it participated in interstate commerce, the Feds could tell it that it had to serve African Americans.

02-06-2003, 12:51 AM	#6
atheist_in_foxhole Guest Posts: n/a	Or bring in a bulletin from a non-existant "church" of atheism. See how they react to that!

02-06-2003, 12:56 AM	#7
ex-idaho Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Spudtopia, ID Posts: 5,315	What about my newsletter from the Humanist Society? Think the brainiac behind the counter would even notice?

02-06-2003, 05:26 AM	#8
hezekiah jones Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: WI Posts: 4,357	Take a Fred Phelps flyer.

02-06-2003, 08:06 AM	#9
mjennyt Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 39	I think there is something on the FFRF website about a similar situation. Link Sounds very similar to me.

02-06-2003, 08:17 AM	#10
braces_for_impact Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: In a nondescript, black helicopter. Posts: 6,637	Bust out photoshop and make your own Satanic church bulletin, have fun and be creative. Tell them you want some hot sauce for the sacrifice of the baby later and DEMAND your 10% off!

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