:::Are Singles Events Illegal In CLT? (Charlotte: lawyer, law, legality)

[NDL]

"It shall be unlawful to deny any person the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of a place of public accommodation because of race, color, religion, sex, marital status..."

"It shall be unlawful to make, print, circulate, post, mail or otherwise cause to be published a statement, advertisement, or sign which indicates that the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of a place of public accommodation will be refused, withheld from, or denied any person because of race, color, religion, sex, marital status..."

Singles events discriminate on the basis of marital status, as participation of all parties is based solely upon "marital status."

Therefore, are singles events now illegal in Charlotte?

[urbancharlotte]

First of all, there are some folks who are married and single (legal separation with a divorce pending). Secondly, I know of no event that does background checks to verify marital status. These two facts alone should end any debate on the legality of singles events in Charlotte.

[rancenc]

Marital Status is what it means, your marital status....married, single, divorced, widowed....

[Lucky Dawg]

A singles event would be legal. It would not be permissible to exclude married persons from the event, however. Just my non-lawyer opinion.

[NDL]

I appreciate all of your comments .

The point of this thread, is to illustrate how broad the new ordinance can be interpreted/applied.

This is not a Left/Right issue, nor am I assigning ill intentions to the benefactors of the ordinance.

I always have concerns when a well intentioned law can be misapplied or misused, and the scope of this ordinance is wide.