Mastercard to Hold Shareholder Vote That Could Cut Off Payments to the Far-Right
If a bakery&#x27;s not allowed to refuse cake-baking services because the cake is going to a gay couple getting married, Mastercard shouldn&#x27;t be allowed to refuse payment services to a political speaker because the speaker says that Islam is bad.<p>Either allow them both, or forbid them both.  If you allow one, but forbid the other, your policies are nothing more than thinly disguised attempts to use the law to attack people with different political beliefs.<p>Arguably, a <i>tougher</i> standard should be applied to decide to whom Mastercard is allowed to refuse service, because there are a lot fewer alternatives to Mastercard than there are to the corner cake shop.