Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in Massachusetts

Senior Citizen Discounts
Are Senior Citizen Discounts discrimination and are they enforcable?
I feel that if there was a Baptist discount or a Asian discount or a Gay discount, there would be lawsuits everywhere. How is this different? Isn't it discrimination based on age?

I live in an area near Boston where most of the elderly are VERY well off and everyone else is struggling because the elderly bought their homes and land when it wasn't outlandishly expensive and now no one can afford to buy unless they are earning well into the six-figures.

I'm not, and feel that I need the extra 15% off at a nearby chain department store much more than they do.

Also, is this enforcable language: ''discount is valid for senior citizens aged 62 or better.'' I am 31 and believe that is much ''better'' than 62....

Thank you.

Asked on 7/24/07, 9:43 am

Maurice LaRiviere, Jr. Law Office of Maurice LaRiviere, Jr.

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Re: Senior Citizen Discounts

Are they technically discrimination -yes.

Would a court ever rule them illegal-no.

Answered on 7/25/07, 1:43 pm

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