Anti-War landlady refuses to rent to Veteran, promptly sued

I don't think the woman refusing to rent to a veteran, in direct violation of the law, is doing this the way she did for any other reason than a direct confrontation in an attempt to get the courts to overturn the law because it interferes with her "deeply held personal" beliefs. This appears to not only be directed toward the state's anti-veteran discrimination (veterans preference) law but also designed to elevate "deeply held personal" beliefs to the level of religious belief (the implication being, deeply held personal beliefs, like religious beliefs, must be observed as a First Amendment guarantee and thus no law can be enforced that violates First Amendment guarantees) and thus "deeply held personal" beliefs trump state law. The whole thing stinks of a deliberate attempt to undermine the law and muddy First Amendment guarantees.

With the current assault on our First Amendment (Stolen Valor, forcing religious care givers to provide abortion and contraception in direct violation of their religious beliefs) I not only hope the sergeant wins his case, more importantly I hope America wins this case and our Constitutional guarantees are not further undermined.

Robert Ireland (PUFL)

I'm very fortunate that I've never had to rent anything from an individual. Woudn't want any dealings whatsoever with this lady. She's a problem to be avoided like the plague. The way things are this day and age it just might be best to move on. Lawsuits generally are most advantageous to the lawyers.