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Bad Idea of the Day: Billboard Suggesting Restaurant With 'No Muslims'

By Eric Lipman

It's been a while since we featured something from the "Just because something may not be illegal doesn't make it a good idea" files. But today, courtesy of FindLaw's Free Enterprise blog, we've got a prime example. Free Enterprise has the story of an Alabama business owner who thought he was providing a public service by advising his neighbors about local restaurants where it might be "safe" to eat. Why don't you just take a look at the photo of the billboard, as shown on the ABC 33/40 website: Mind you, the man responsible for the billboard, Chuck Biddinger, doesn't own a restaurant, but an electronics repair shop. He claimed that the statement on the billboard was merely one in a series of rotating "jokes" that he likes to post to keep things fresh. And then he said this: "Muslims do not eat pork. And, uh, it's a known fact, Muslims have tried to commit crimes in this country," Biddinger said told the local ABC affiliate ABC 33/40. He continued, "I'm not a politically correct person, don't claim to be, never have been." And this: "For the local area, if I offend a few Muslims, there will be a lot...

Full post as published by Legal Blog Watch on December 16, 2010 (boomark / email).