Woman kicked out of Berlin cafe for breastfeeding

There's no way of knowing for sure, but what we do know is that they would be allowed to do it. Yes, you have the right to express your own, personal beliefs but it's different if you choose to open your services to the public. The way that you conduct yourself while running a business isn't a private affair. If someone is so petty that they can't be professional and avoid discriminating against certain groups even though they know what the law is, they shouldn't be running a business. And people can express their religious beliefs just fine while running a business, as long as they are not using religion to justify discriminating against others.

How will the owner know this though? Will he/she ask all customers what their beliefs are regarding homosexuality? Moreover, the customer is not the one running a business that is open to the public.

Discrimination is everywhere, with Minority quotas and companies and other entities being pressured into having a "diverse workforce" forcing quotas on women or on black people.


While I have no real problem with breastfeeding I do understand why people may feel uncomfortable and If I was in that position and I was a woman and had to breastfeed I would probably go into the toilet.

If they say so while queuing, it's part of their religion so not serving them goes against the legislation you cited but should someone be forced to serve someone who wants them dead?

Actually, positive discrimination is against the law in the UK.

Some people are "uncomfortable" with gay couples being affectionate in public, does that mean that people should alter their lives to appease them? Such people need to grow up and stop acting squeamish over something that is completely natural and isn't unhygienic.

Like I said, the law allows freedom of religion as long as it does not infringe on the rights of others. Saying that a certain group should be killed would amount to hate speech and inciting violence, so the owner would probably be within his/her rights to ask this person to leave. I don't believe that we have any current case law which addresses this though.

Discrimination is everywhere, with Minority quotas and companies and other entities being pressured into having a "diverse workforce" forcing quotas on women or on black people.


While I have no real problem with breastfeeding I do understand why people may feel uncomfortable and If I was in that position and I was a woman and had to breastfeed I would probably go into the toilet.

I find it interesting how some people are so vehemently against anti-discrimination laws, but are fine with other employment legislation that dictate what employers can or cannot do (must pay employees a minimum wage, give them holidays, sick leave and so forth). Surely employers should be allowed to make people work for free? After all, it's their business, so they should have the freedom to run it the way they want to!

Says a lot about such people.

I find it interesting how some people are so vehemently against anti-discrimination laws, but are fine with other employment legislation that dictate what employers can or cannot do (must pay employees a minimum wage, give them holidays, sick leave and so forth). Surely employers should be allowed to make people work for free? After all, it's their business, so they should have the freedom to run it the way they want to!

Says a lot about such people.

It's not incitement, he isn't trying to get someone to commit a crime.

There isn't actually hate speech laws in the U.K.

You have also not applied your rule consistently.

Yes, why not? People wouldn't work for them anyway so it's their loss. Employers shouldn't have to pay some sort of minimum wage or give people holiday time- holidays are a privilege, not a right.