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Chevron accused of refusing service to burka clad woman

La-Fleur Mohamed, a Muslim for the past 12 years, says a Chevron employee humiliated her by barring her from a gas station because she wouldn't remove her veil. "You can't come in here dressed like that," Mohamed said the clerk told her inside a station store west of Boca Raton, Florida in October. The clerk allegedly tossed Mohamed's gas money back at her and instructed her to leave.


http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/fort-lauderdale/fl-alleged-religion-discrimination-20120202,0,7990354.story

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Added: Feb-2-2012 Occurred On: Feb-2-2012
By: AEI
In: Regional News
Tags: Boca Raton, Florida, Chevron, Gas Station, Islam, Muslim, Burka, Multiculturalism
Location: Boca Raton, Florida, United States (load item map)
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  • i wouldn't let her in my gas station either, for my customers safety. they have the right to refuse service to anyone, this is america. go buy your gas somewhere else.

    Posted Feb-2-2012 By 
    elbobbo (90.74)  

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    • @elbobbo

      Nada, it's illegal to discriminate. That's been the law for many a year.

      Posted Feb-2-2012 By 
      joe prole (1635.60)  

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    • @joe prole

      I don't think the clerk was as concerned about her religion as the fact that she is in a disguise that hides her identity. Guess what: Robbers do the same thing.

      Anyone - stores, banks, etc. - who is susceptible to being held up shouldn't have to allow someone in a disguise on their premises.

      Posted Feb-2-2012 By 
      RickBond (6508.00)  

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  • Florida Laws: FL Statutes

    876.12 Wearing mask, hood, or other device on public way.
    No person or persons over 16 years of age shall, while wearing any mask, hood, or device whereby any portion of the face is so hidden, concealed, or covered as to conceal the identity of the wearer, enter upon, or be or appear upon any lane, walk, alley, street, road, highway, or other public way in this state.

    I'm sure there are exemptions like Halloween etc.

    Virginia, Georgia, and Tennessee found anti-mask More..

    Posted Feb-2-2012 By 
    flashj2 (728.80)  

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  • No Shoes, No Shirt, No Ninjas, No Service

    Posted Feb-2-2012 By 
    verycoolcat (213.38)  

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    • @verycoolcat

      The first two are health and safety rules that are enforceable.

      Posted Feb-2-2012 By 
      joe prole (1635.60)  

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    • @joe prole--Try walking into a bank with a hooded sweatshirt on(hood covering head) and a scarf wrapped around your neck and lower face--I don't care about your religion, your color, your nationality, your sex, you aren't going to get any service from that bank, unless it's an escort service out the door or a bullet to the heart for refusing to unmask yourself, and remember, banks are private businesses.

      Posted Feb-2-2012 By 
      dontknowzed (809.40)  

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    • @rclark951

      Actually no they don't have that right. You can't discriminate service based on gender, age, ethnicity, RELIGION, or any other "protected" class under the US Constitution. Some of you guys saying they had the "right" to refuse service to her strictly because she is a Muslim are talking out of your asses, the law does NOT support that viewpoint

      Posted Feb-2-2012 By 
      Blklight (1875.76)  

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    • @rclark951 Yes they can.

      Posted Feb-2-2012 By 
      2Crazy4U (4756.40)  

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    • @2Crazy4U
      u can refuse someone if they arent wearing shirt or shoes....its kind of like the "must spend $5 to use debit/credit card" rule some gas stations have up.....which is illegal to refuse them if they spend under $5 and want to use credit cards

      Posted Feb-2-2012 By 
      OnlyLiarsBlock (612.20)  

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    • @Blklight Chevron will say they refused to serve her because she was concealing her Identity to the CCTV which is a risk to the security store... Case closed.

      Posted Feb-2-2012 By 
      BatnBall89 (496.00)  

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  • Allahu Ackbar.
    If I walk into a gas station or a bank with my face covered, my intentions may be suspect. Where the hell in the Quran does it say that a women must be totally covered except for a slit for your eyes? It ask that women dress in a non provocative manner. Denied my religious rights my ass. Is the gas station privately owned? Do the not have the right to deny service to whomever they choose? This political correctness BS has gone way too far.
    How would you feel if a bunch of hooded p More..

    Posted Feb-2-2012 By 
    muhamedtheone (48.70)  

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    • @muhamedtheone Oh come on man, my religion requires bare feet and shirtless with only a loin cloth made of second year wool sheared at midnight on the harvest moon and tassles on my nipples.. Clearly I'm being discriminated and my civil rights are being violated..

      Posted Feb-2-2012 By 
      flashj2 (728.80)  

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    • @muhamedtheone

      Or a bunch of hooded men carrying crosses. No different. That was stopped through the actions of the "good"...and so will this.

      Posted Feb-3-2012 By 
      chauncie (191.90)  

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  • Being a devout muslim, she really should not have been out without a male escort. If she only would follow islamic law more closely, she could have had the male buy the gas for her. But just like all religions, she only wants to observe what she feels like. You know that Imam was sitting there thinking "shut up woman, how dare you speak".

    Posted Feb-2-2012 By 
    Foosa (125.02)

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  • If she doesn't want to take the veil off, she can go somewhere else.

    It is unfair to expect everyone to cater to you and your religion. ESPECIALLY if you are in part of the world where majority of the people don't hold your beliefs.

    Posted Feb-2-2012 By 
    cswartz (1141.50)  

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    • @cswartz

      i say the same thing about women wearing make up...its just like a veil, because once that make up comes off its a different women...that make up is pretty much a mask that covers their face and all its ugly lil flaws

      Posted Feb-2-2012 By 
      OnlyLiarsBlock (612.20)  

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  • We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone!

    America!

    Love it...

    Or leave it...

    I reckon she should pack her bags.. Oh... silly me! She's wearing them! ;0)

    Posted Feb-2-2012 By 
    shacklord (443.22)  

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  • Your not allowed to wear motorbike helmets here into service (gas) stations.... just saying..

    Posted Feb-2-2012 By 
    The_Gump (5.80)  

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    • @The_Gump

      That is the store's rule not the law of the land. In our country we have something called Civil Rights and this lady was denied hers by that gas station attendant. She is right and he/she was in the wrong no matter what your stance is about Muslims

      Posted Feb-2-2012 By 
      Blklight (1875.76)  

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    • @Blklight

      I believe you are wrong. The owner has the right to refuse service to anyone. May not be smart to do, but I do believe he has that right.

      Posted Feb-2-2012 By 
      boomersooner (2092.94)  

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    • @The_Gump Here around town.. You go to a bank drive through they ask you to remove your helmet, even if it's just a deposit..

      Posted Feb-2-2012 By 
      flashj2 (728.80)  

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    • @Blklight

      What about the right of the attendant not to feel threatened by someone entering the establishment. If you ever worked a C-store, you might understand the crazies that walk through the door!

      If they are so stuck on their religion, why was she allowed to be in public without a male present? The old men should have paid for the gas, not his inferior daughter!

      Posted Feb-2-2012 By 
      GraveMatter- (1010.72)

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    • @Blklight Are you saying he has to sell his goods to her,surely a sales person may choose not to sell the goods that they own.

      Posted Feb-2-2012 By 
      Freakster (448.10)  

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  • You have no "religious right" to wear a mask in to a private business if they don't allow it. Period. Now fuck off. And, she should have her license taken away for driving with a bag over her head.

    Posted Feb-2-2012 By 
    ST0N3PONY (5020.22)  

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  • Wow, this is just like that guy that was told to get out of a restarant because of the way he felt about homosexuality.
    Private businesses can decide who they want for customers.

    Posted Feb-2-2012 By 
    dontknowzed (809.40)  

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    • @dontknowzed

      True but you can not discriminate based on skin color, religion, etc. I guess you are fine with businesses putting a sign stating "Whites only" since businesses can decide who they want to serve.

      Posted Feb-2-2012 By 
      MrG (646.00)  

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    • @MrG a burqa is none of those things. i read his comment. i didn't read where he said he was fine with whites only businesses. would you point that out to me?

      why don't you try responding to his actual comments instead of making up comments to respond to.

      Posted Feb-2-2012 By 
      uschairforcesgt (543.20)  

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  • Like she has something worth covering up. She says "We just want to be regular people". Really now?
    That lawyer is an idiot, too.

    Posted Feb-2-2012 By 
    Apples01 (553.96)  

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  • (1) it should be a bigger concern she is driving a vehicle dressed like that
    (2) if she is permitted to purchase gas dressed like that then people should be permitted to wear a ski mask when purchasing gas too
    (3) how will she be humiliated no one will recognize who the fuck she is

    Posted Feb-2-2012 By 
    nzkiwi (410.20)  

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    • @nzkiwi


      " if she is permitted to purchase gas dressed like that then people should be permitted to wear a ski mask when purchasing gas too"

      There is no law that says you can't wear a ski mask to purchase gas. It's not practical to do it, but no one is going to arrest you for simply wearing a mask.

      Posted Feb-2-2012 By 
      Blklight (1875.76)  

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    • Yes there are laws..and yes people have been arrested just for wearing a mask...

      Posted Feb-2-2012 By 
      flashj2 (728.80)  

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    • @flashj2

      You're right, apparently in Floriduuh it's the law that you can't wear a mask in public. They passed this law because of the KU KLUX KLAN back in the 1950's. So unless this lady is in the KLAN I think she has a case.

      http://www.lawserver.com/law/state/florida/2008-fl-statutes/2008_florida_statutes_876-2

      Posted Feb-3-2012 By 
      Blklight (1875.76)  

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    • @Blklight Nope she doesn't..and it's not only Florida that have these laws and besides this is a private business..

      Posted Feb-3-2012 By 
      flashj2 (728.80)  

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