A Boston-area landlady is under fire after she allegedly refused to rent out an apartment to a veteran of both the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, because of her anti-war political beliefs.
Boston Herald A landlady who doubles as a peace activist has refused to let a war veteran rent her property, citing ‘conflicts of interest’, he has claimed.
Sgt. Joel Morgan, 29, said he tried to rent a two-bedroom $1,220-a-month apartment in Savin Hill, Massachusetts after looking at it in April.
But the National Guardsman, who has served in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo, was stunned when the property’s owner, Janice Roberts, 63, turned him away due to her staunch beliefs and his war service.
- Sgt. Morgan (right, with his twin brother Jonathan) has served in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo and hopes to become a firefighter
In a voicemail dated to April 9, played for the Boston Herald in the presence of the veteran’s lawyer, 63-year-old Janice Roberts reportedly said: “It just is not going to be comfortable for us without a doubt. It probably would be better for you to look for a place that is a little bit less politically active and controversial,” adding, “We are very adamant about our political beliefs.”
Sgt. Joel Morgan, who served in the National Guard, explained: “For her to do that to me, it was like a spit in the face…For what we have gone through overseas, to come home to our country and have people … discriminate against us. … It made me extremely insecure about being a soldier.”
Morgan has decided to sue Roberts, and his lawyer Joseph Sulman commented: “It’s illegal…but also just unconscionable. It’s something any American should be embarrassed about.”
A Milton native and divorced father of a 19-month-old son, Morgan said he served at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in 2003; as well as combat tours in Iraq in 2007 and 2008; and in Afghanistan last year. Morgan said he is studying criminal justice at Quincy College and recently took the civil service exam, hoping to become a Boston firefighter.
“Almost every time I’m in uniform and I walk past a child, they salute,” Morgan said, smiling. His interaction with the landlady, he said, “didn’t take away my pride of being a soldier for the United States. I’ll hold onto that until I die.”
wonder if the bitch would rent to a SAVAGE MUSLIM who would just as soon behead her!?
Probably…because she “has to be sensitive” to them!
I guarantee it! Especially if he had been previously convicted of child molestation.
You can bank on it. There is no doubt in my mind she would rent to a muslim in a heartbeat.
I was thinking along the same lines when I saw your comment: “Hmmmm, I wonder if the anti-military, anti-American bitch would rent to a muzscum maggot?! She would probably have NO problem with that at all…and being 63 she was probably one of the useless maggots “protesting” the Vietnam War as well…Ship her sorry ass to one of the 57 Islamic States and see how well her “peacenik” views are tolerated by followers of Islam, “religion of peace”?!
As a veteran i was spit on by these same people people back in the day, they have not changed, i just wand the mudlims to behead them first
My guess is that she will refrain from calling the cops or the fire dep’t., because a lot of those guys are ex-military.
Perhaps she would prefer a Talban or al Qaeda terrorist renting her apartment?
Typical Leftist Loon. Probably doesn’t even see the hypocrisy in her stance. Betcha she’d throw a hissy fit if Landlords all of a sudden stopped renting to her Lesbian friends because they don’t believe in that lifestyle. With her logic, Landlords should be able to deny renting to people if they don’t like that “a prospective tenant is not a vegan” or some other idiotic bias.
Where’s Holder on this one? It’s obvious discrimination. Oh wait, he only gets all riled up when someone says something about his Black Panther friends.
TG, Great post. It is only wrong if the right don’t follow the rules. The left are allowed to break rules they don’t see fit to follow. She is a real POS liberal.
I’m from the greater Boston area and this is a big story here. Let me say at the start that I do believe in property rights and that this woman should have the right to rent her own property to whom she chooses. (The law here is against her, though. And nobody twisted her arm and made her be so blatant and insulting about it. She had other prospective tenants and could just have said it had been rented. But noooo, she had to spit at someone who put his life on the line to protect people like her.)
In other words, she’s a jerk. It’s not that Savin Hill is so almighty high and politically and “politically active” — and frankly I wouldn’t live in Savin Hill if you paid me — it’s that she has given herself away as a hater of this country, our military, our constitution, and the willingness of good people to fight to protect her freedoms which include ownership of her effing “tripledecca”. She doesn’t deserve a tenant as good as Sgt. Morgan.
I bet this bitch would rent to ragheads in a heartbeat.
Sounds like what a lot of veterans returning from Viet Nam, or military serving DURING Viet Nam, went through,,,
The idiot civilians don’t realize that this could be your son or your daughter,,, Why take the hatred of the governments actions out against the son of your sister / brother???
I DO hope this Soldier sues,,, and wins her property in the settlement~!
Send that stupid bitch to Afghanistan . I’d love to see her ripped apart in the streets for being American by the people she supports. Traitor bitch. He’s a hero, how dare she disrespect one of our brave defenders.
Take her to the cleaners on damanges and find a friendlier place to rent.
I really can’t wait to hear this sorry assed bitch whine and cry about all the negative fallout she brings upon herself.
randy, she’s in Boston, don’t expect much.
Well then, I guess it’s time for another “Boston Tea Party.”
It’s true, Randy, you wouldn’t believe what it’s like around here. Good thing it wasn’t Cambridge, she’d have organized a protest march against him.
I could refer her to a lovely place in Chechnya where she would be right at home; her muslime neighbors would also hate American soldiers ( as well as they hate Russian soldiers and anyone else who is not muslime), and she would not have to worry about all the things she hates about the USA. I would be happy to arrange a one way ticket for her at my own expense, just because I am a nice and tolerant fellow.
No doubt she ran around naked at Woodstock screwing every anti war, long haired pot smoker she could find. I can already picture her. I would love to see a picture of her, birkenstocks and all.
As much as I dislike what she did, I firmly believe that she has the right to rent to whomever she wants, for whatever reason she wants. If not, then is it really her property? That is the problem we are facing more and more in this country: the government as a co-owner of your property. The government won’t let your discriminate based upon religion, national origon, sex, sexual orientation, race, etc. in hiring. I do not know what the rules are for renting. But if they can tell her who to rent to, then is it really her property? I say boycott the bitch. I am ex-military, but it is her property. She pays the bills on it, she is ultimately responsible for the taxes on it.
KS, that isn’t true. You are not allowed to not rent to someone because of their race or religion. That freedom was taken away from us by the left. Well now there’s something in our favor for a change.
And I disagree with not being allowed to discriminate based upon race or religion. I do not advocate discrimination based upon race or religion but the Bill of Rights allows us to choose who to associate with. Why are you forcing me to associate my property with someone I do not want to be with for any reason? It is my property. They can live, work or whatever elsewhere. Why do they get shoved down my throat?
KS, for the same reason you can’t discriminate against blacks or muslims or hispanics. You don’t have a problem with those laws, do you? Look, the woman is an idiot for telling the truth. Just like I would be an idiot if I told a muslim he couldn’t rent an apartment I had for lease because he’s a muslim. Now she opened herself up for a lawsuit. And I hope she loses big.
AMEN!!!
KS and Bonni, you’re both right; and you need to look at the long term effects of this case. That’s what we pay politicians and their lawyers to do, to make good laws, which cannot be used against us. Which I guess they do, some of the time.
If he wins, which we hope for, it creates a precedent in law, if there is something original, not covered by previous precedents.
Following that, suppose a 60-some lady vet is renting rooms, and a released mohammedan ex-con wants to rent. I don’t know the law about where ex-cons may or may not rent, but you get the point.
Maybe, like the trash ‘Human Rights’ industry, here in Canada, the process will be the punishment to that bitch; especially if the VA is paying the vet’s lawyers.
The process will be interesting. Every bleeding heart liberal leftard ‘peace and justice’ retard will be all over this woman’s case, as an angel of peace, denying sanctuary to ‘murderous scum’, blah, blah, blah. And that’s what will be reported in the Moslem Socialist Media, not the denigration of one who fought for that bitches freedom.
And the same ‘tards will pay her legal bills, expenses, lost rent…
I think this overlaps with the next poster.
Absolutely agreed. As an owner I should have the right to do what I want with my property. I would not rent to a muzzie family, and I want the right not to. Maybe this case needs to be dropped, before it sets a new gov’t standard.
I am sure that there are plenty of other landlords who will rent to that military man without hesitation — especially now that this story hit the press! As for that asswipe landlord, rent to hippies who will trash your apartment! (Not that I really hate hippies, but that many of them were and are awful slobs!)
Just call in the ACLU or some like minded group who claims to stick up for those “discriminated” against in employment, housing, etc. Sue her for federal discrimination charges – after all he was a federal employee while serving! That should get her attention!
I wholeheartedly agree with all the comments. This bitch would certainly rent to a muslim and any other anti-American scum. Thank you to our wonderful military! True American Patriots love and respect you!
This is a bit OT, and this guy so far hasn’t tried playing a “muslim card”, but, as they say, the night is young:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/06/05/arizona-doctor-ousted-from-barnes-and-noble-for-being-alone-in-children-section/?test=latestnews
FYI, I used to work at a Borders before they closed, and this policy about no men alone in the children’s section was just coming into effect both there (I think) and at B&N, after there had been some molestation incidents in bookstores around the country. However, for their own protection they really should post signs.
RRA, I hadn’t heard of that rule either.
Well done Sgt. Morgan. We are proud of you and we thank you for protecting our country and for putting your life on the line for all of us. I am ashamed of idiots like Roberts and I hope that you will sue her and win. People like roberts are idiots and as we all know, you can not fix stupid. Roberts does not realize that it was soldiers of America that won our freedoms over the last several centuries. God bless Sgt Morgan and all of our valiant soldiers.
This is nothing compared to the time of Vietnam.
A lot of misguided people have a simplistic idea that if the sheep put down their weapons, the wolves will become vegetarians.
Worthless cockroach
If you won’t stand behind our troops then I suggest you stand in front of them.
But she would rent to a dirty filthy raghead muslim,the filthiest people on earth !! They can trash a place in a week! I hope this military man sues her to the endth and ends up with her property!!!! Unpatriot bitch!!!!!!
I smell Vietnam again. The anti, anti, anti are at it again.
By the way where is Jane Fonda?
ICE, she’s playing Nancy Reagan in a new movie. BARF!
I suppose nobody bothered to ask Nancy Reagan if she was OK with it, did they?
As for not renting to this GI, I think it’s as shameful as not renting to someone based on the color of skin. Still and all, property owners should be allowed to choose whom to rent, or not rent, to. If someone doesn’t want to rent to me because I’m black, I would be offended, but then I’d say, “fine, I’ll take my hard-earned money and spend it with someone who WANTS my money, as you certainly do not. Have a nice day, and God Bless You, too.”
Then smile as I walk away. Of course, I might tell my friends not to rent from the property owner, but that’s as far as I would care to take it.
Living in the same state, I feel confident in the assumuption that (outside of the People’s Republic of Cambridge) most here DO NOT feel this way and understand not only the sacrifices our Troops endure but also the fact that without them this “lady’s” apartment building and everything else we have here would not be ours at all.
Yep, after Kennedy, Kerry and now Her, it’s perfectly understandable that those who have never been here hate this state. The disconnect between the politicos, their attendant left wing sincophants and the average “Joe” on the street makes the Grand Canyon look like a drainage ditch.
Yeah, Burnerjack. I grew up in Springfield, and I know that even now the disconnect between the politicos, and even some of the Boston “elite” and the rest of the ‘Wealth is as you describe. Amherst/Northampton would probably agree with her, but I know that those folks had best not roll into most of Springfield with that “hate-the-soldiers” mess…
Hell, the OWS folks who got so much play and support up in Northampton and Amherst couldn’t draw more than ten people in Springfield (which is western New England’s largest city in terms of city population *not counting up Metropolitan Statistical Area, just the city limits*, the 4th largest city in the New England region *behind Boston, Providence and Worcester, respectively, and ahead of New Haven, New Britain and Hartford, respectively* and the 3rd largest in MA, for those of you from elsewhere in the USA or world)for their protest. THAT should tell ya something….
I’d like to know what the “Peaceniks” answer to the suffering the innocent and weak endure and would endure without our intervention. Can they really say that with all our might we should turn away and leave them to the mercy of their oppressors?
i live just outside of boston, i am a vietnam veteran i know how the sargeent feels .the landlady probley had to many acid trips in the sixties and no longer lives in reality.that plus the fact she is a self rightous asshole.