Recently several of a certain types of stories have been surfacing. The stories I am talking about are the ones where Business A gets sued by a customer that is refused service (the ones making news now are homosexual).
In my view, this is an extreme over-reach by government (local). Government should have no say whatsoever in clientele decisions. I am really disappointed in these (mostly state) laws that contradict freedom of speech (via customer acceptance/denial). After all, money is a very powerful form of economic speech. These (usually anti-discrimination) laws should be thrown out and not apply to business decisions.
Public "anti-discrimination" laws do not and should not apply to voluntary business transactions that occur in private stores.
I do not view a business as a public environment. It is a private service between a client and a store. There is no place for interference by a government body. A store is a private location and should not be seen as "public" for the purposes of these ridiculous laws. A business should be allowed to refuse service to any potential customer for any reason. A business is a private entity. Government has no place to decide for the business owner who they do or do not serve. It is a miscarriage of justice that they force private enterprise to do what the state wants.
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