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Originally Posted by Bill14564
Another way of looking at it is the governor *does* care and is attempting to prevent discrimination and segregation based on vaccination status.
They CAN refuse to sell you a ticket if you refuse to vaccinate because it currently is not illegal to discriminate in that way. They CAN set up vaccinated-only sections of stadiums because it is currently not illegal to segregate in that way. Just because something CAN be done doesn't mean it should be done and doesn't make it right. The governor is saying that it is wrong and shouldn't be done.
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The governor doesn't have the legal right or authority to mandate it. That is why he's being sued by NCL, it's why this is even an issue at all, it's why people are complaining about it. He cannot just say "this is discrimination and so it's illegal." Discrimination has an actual legal definition, it's outlined in the Civil Rights act, and "vaccinations" is not a protected class.
Now, if he wants, he can lobby Congress and/or the House and/or the President of the united states to make a change and add "vaccine status" to the list of protected classes. But he hasn't done that. And so he has no ground to stand on.