is it illegal for a forum ran by people - not a large business. to ban me for being gay? the story: the forum was a spin-off from a game when a large amount of members were banned for spam, that forum then found out that i was (and still am) gay, this lead to my bannage because there was already a gay guy and 'we can't have two gay guys or else people'll be having sex everywhere and itll be bad' kinda hypocritical seen-as the person who banned me, also the admin, got kicked from the game for posting porn 0.o so is it illegal or just not nice?
im sure it would be discrimination and unfair dissmiasal but your not workign for them, i would say jsut them beeing asses and move on with your life, if a community is like that why would y ou want to be part of it? your better than that
Depends on where they're based. But in most western cultures that's generally put under discrimination.
It's the internet. I'm pretty sure on that alone you do not have a case. It sucks that they are so unaccepting, but the internet has no rules (not concerning this anyways). THIS. IS. SPARTA!
I don't think its illegal. It's the internet and almost anything goes on the internet. It was however horrible of them to do and I'm sorry you were banned.
that's really messed up. Lol how did the admin get kicked if he's admin!? looooooooool I'd get revenge but i don't advice it.
If it's a discussion community such as this one, there is no expectation of free speech, at least in the US. Discussion communities are considered private and can choose who they do or don't want to participate in their community. Sucks but... if they feel that way, they probably aren't the people you want to be around anyway
I'm sorry but I could not help but laughing at that! I agree it's not nice. Not illegal tho - its like that church kicking people off their property for gay people kissing. Not nice, dick move, but not illegal. But what they said was rly funny hhah
Their playground, their rules. They can ban you for being gay, being not gay, being too talkative, not talkative enough, or because they felt like banning somebody that day. Although there's some perverted logic in "we're banning you because you're gay, and we already have a gay guy here". I mean, why let the other gay guy stay? Lex
Lol yeah if people are having sex everywhere from two gays what about a forums worth, that forum just sounds like its run by douches anyway...
That is messed up. Do you know for a fact that there is a gay guy there? I wonder if they just said that to make themselves seem like they weren't discriminating... even though they totally were. oh well... fuck 'em. Who posts porn in a forum anyway??? really?? The guy seems like a douche, and you seem too good for them anyway.
You would have had to agree to their terms when you joined the forum, and a normal one is that they have discretion to ban anyone for whatever they like. Also, courts are apparently wary of claiming legal jurisdiction over internet sites. So, no, probably not illegal.