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Woman with guide dog refused service at Toronto restaurant

Kaye Leslie and her guide dog Jordan were on their way to meet family for lunch Sunday when nephew-in-law Steven Lewis called with a surprising message: an employee at Paramount Fine Foods was refusing to seat the group because the golden retriever couldn’t mix with its halal-style food.
More here: http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015...estaurant.html

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mjfromga
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12-05-2015, 06:45 PM
It's absolutely against the law to refuse service to a person with a registered guide or service dog for any reason. She should have put her foot down instead of just leaving. At least the incident went public and will probably lose the restaurant some business.
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Losos
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12-05-2015, 10:37 PM
Agree with above comment. I would be happy if the restaurant lost ALL of it's business not just some of it. That won't happen 'tho will it
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Jeltz
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12-05-2015, 11:54 PM
As I understand it in Islam dogs are considered unclean. As such this seems to be prejudice born out of religious ideology, much like some Christians not wanting gay couples staying in their B&B.
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