I can't believe this actually made the news
but hey, controversy sells eh?

Not only should one be allowed to choose who they want to be a roommate is one should also be allowed to advertise it.

I will admit though that the fact that she is renting and has a landloard does complicate things.

But what percentage will she be paying vs. her roommate? Not always 50/50.

I am not fond of the thread title, not at all actually
It sounds so much like "Hey Folks, You are not ALLOWED to decide who you can marry"

Why don't people get it... the govt. is NOT your father or mother, stop trying to outsource parenthood to the govt.!!!!!

Let people be their own people!!!!!!!!!!!

It's like some of the people just want to move in with that woman and heckle her for her beliefs, and only for that purpose.
It's so ridiculous, come one persons......... Can I call you a person?
Or are you not an individual and therefore do not accept other people's individualism???

wrong forum post

how could anyone feign surprise at this? This is common knowledge. IF you are renting a room, you can't discriminate. that means 'differentiate'.

I can't say i particularly support the law. Clearly it creates abrsurd problems like this one, but i am aware it exists, and can see the rationale behind it, since clearly one must draw the line somewhere if you are going to draw a line.

Don't like the law? Work to change it. But dont feign surprise and indignation when you run up against it.


i was looking at renting a home many years back, and the young, new home-owner told me he didn't want young kids (i had a youngin'). I respected and understood his reasoning. Bu ti also told him that, technically, he can't do that. Not that i cared, but because someone else might, which would suck for. him. he seemed appreciative for the tip.


Edited o add: also, this headline is misleading. you can choose. you can choose between one person or another. but you cant actively discriminate against one group or for one group.

but clearly you can choose, unless you only have one option.

Religion we do not need.

Religion is a cancer that must be cured.

Its place, belongs only in the minds of brainwashed individuals.

The mind of fools.

If it was on the church bulletin board, did she need to advertise that she preferred a christian roommate?


Regardless, property rights first, offended sensibilities second.

Fact of the matter is, that as the home owner, the owner may decide whom may reside in his/her quarters. You have to look at the bigger picture! Who pays the mortgage on the property? Who pays the taxes? With just those to questions presented, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out who has the say so on whom may stay at the residence.

If you were the home owner, and you had children, would you advertise for the nearest child molester? No! You would advertise a specific type of person. ( hopefully if you had kids you wouldn't be in that situation to begin with, having a stranger around your kids, but you just never know)

The people do not have the right to not be offended! Case Closed~

Yes, this can be a sticky subject.

I believe the case for restrictions for race and ethnicity to be okay.

What I do not like is all the other PC crap flying around now. So let us say I am hiring, can I ask if the person is here in this country legally? NOOOOO, I cannot.

Let us say I wanted to hire some folk and I do not like socialists and communists? You know the type, those that think they deserve to run the company and share in the profits of the company. You know like GM and Chrysler. Can I ask that? NOOOO, I cannot.

I think people that run a company, sale or many other things, should and DO have the right not to hire or whatever, to those they have differences with, based upon almost EVERYTHING. Not race or ethnicity though.

Sorry, I must be a big bad meany if I think that if you OWN something, you have the right to do with it what you will.

This PC and government control crap is becoming communist. Telling you what you can do with your own property. Now, there are those out there that believe that the government should own everything. They sugar coat by saying it is socialism and it is the people owning the rights of production. That is bull. Who is going to enforce that? Always comes down to the government and central control. Amazing isn't it, when you start thinking about EVERYTHING the government sticks it's nose into.

Almost like you do not REALLY own your own property or self.

So if she were to advertise that she was looking for a "like minded" roommate would it still be illegal? At the end of the day that is exactly what we are talking about. The women advertised looking for someone who believes as she does in regards to religion. However she did not advertise on Craigslist or in the newspaper, she advertised AT A CHURCH where she was expecting to find a person like minded. It is her right to do as she pleases within her own home. It seems obvious to me that if you were to decide to share living quarters with someone else, it would be perfectly reasonable that you would want to be able to get along with the other person. If you are a person who lives a "healthy" lifestyle it can be easy to see how sharing your home with a crack head could cause some problems.

Sorry but this is retarded. Any attorney who would bring this before a judge should be disbarred and have his license to practice law revoked.

I'd like to put the boot on the other foot again.

Suppose I was looking for a room and saw, let's say, six advertisements from people looking for a room-mate.

I investigate all the advertisers and find that they are six very different people - one of whom has a lot in common with me.

So I decide to live with the person most like myself. The other five people, as far as I know, can't then sue me for not viewing their properties or wanting to live with them.

It's just daft that the person who wants to rent out the room can't state any sort of preference and save themselves the bother of having to put off a person they find undesirable. And risk being sued if they can't make a spurious reason for not wanting to share with the said undesirable stick.

this is very sad, indeed. She only wanted someone she could trust and feel comfortable with and who shared her faith to live with her either to share expenses or just share their company so she wouldn't be lonely.

What is even sadder is the fact that she posted this in her CHURCH and someone in that church decided to cause trouble for her. Not very "christian" or "church-like" behavior for the person attending that church but maybe they are a "work in progress" and havn't turned from their heathen ways yet!

I bet that church is abuzz with lots of gossiping hens this week.