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Originally Posted by RockdaMan
Maybe I'm wrong, but aren't businesses allowed to determine what products they will carry and what audiences they will target?
I also think it's wrong to say "Amazon IS doing this" when we don't know if it is corporate policy or the work of a relatively few members of it's staff.
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So you would have no problems with a restaurant putting up a sign "we don't serve gay people here"? Or not putting up a sign, but telling every gay customer "sorry, we have sold out"?
Feel free to substitute African American, Muslim, whatever for gay.
Amazon has explicitly declared "we want to carry every book ever written", they are not some niche provider who targets only deeply religious Christian audiences. Yes, it is within their legal rights and YES, it is every citizens duty to make others aware of such discrimination. What we should be angry about is that public pressure by small minorities can get businesses to discriminate so openly.
Let Amazon know that such self censorship is not in their best business interest, speak up!