A North Carolina restaurant is offering a 15 percent discount to its customers who pray while dining at the establishment.
Jordan Smith’s receipt has gone viral after she posted a photo of the discount she was given at Mary’s Gourmet Diner, the restaurant that has been giving discounts for prayer over the last 3 ½ years.
Critics of the restaurant’s policy question whether or not discounts are given to those who belong to religious entities other than Christianity. Others say that the restaurant’s practice is discriminatory, breaking the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination based on religion.
Do you feel the restaurant is being discriminatory to other religions? Are the actions of the diner justified through its discount? Should other restaurants provide similar offers?
Guests:
Eugene Volokh, Professor of Law at UCLA, where he specializes in the 1st Amendment
Roxanne Stone, VP of publishing at Barna Group, a Ventura-based market research organization focused on the intersection of faith and culture