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should all resturants also be vegan? Nut free? We don't want to segregate, right?

Nobody "deserves" to go to a resturant.

Is being vegan a disability?

Regarding nuts, I don't know about the rest of the world but in my country, restaurants are required to disclose allergens in their foods, if asked.

Disclosing allergens is a different thing though: that's akin to "disclosing" that the restaurant isn't wheelchair accessible.

Should all restaurants also be required to serve food for whatever combination of allergies one might have?

My mother has several food allergies, there are restaurants where she can't eat any meal. Would you welcome a law mandating each and every restaurant to start serving meals she can eat?

Again, allergies aren't a protected class.

I'm not from the US and had to look up what "protected class" meant. It seems to be a well-intentioned yet somewhat arbitrary list. It appears to be regularly amended. Perhaps allergies will be on the list one day too?

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