By Andrew L. Jaffee

Yesterday, I reported on mistreatment of gays in Moscow. This incident was “deplored” by all sorts of big-wigs, like London Mayor Ken Livingstone and “the mayors of Paris and Rome.” Now I find that a gay bar in Australia has banned heterosexuals from entering, with the approval of government and civil rights groups. Identity politics — special dispensations for certain groups — will lead us down a slippery slope, one where our laws will become untenable and confusing. How would we explain such contradictions to children? There’s too many of us straights anyway — I guess we should be wearing hetero armbands. From the BBC:

A gay pub in the city of Melbourne has won the right to ban heterosexuals - the first time such legislation has been passed in Australia.

The Victorian state civil and administrative tribunal ruled the Peel Hotel could ban patrons based on their sexual orientation.

The pub’s management said the move would stop groups of heterosexual men and women abusing gay people.

Civil liberties groups have supported the decision. …