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> So is the suggestion that I should be forced to serve people I don't want to serve?

It's not as crazy an idea as it sounds. You may already be forced to. You cannot not serve people based on a protected characteristic.



Let me know when any of the big social media platforms start banning specific minorities and you'll have a point.


Racists are not a protected class


What happens if people disagree on what's racist? Who decides?


The law ?


I was referring to not protected classes of people.

For example, I have the right to refuse to serve someone who has written bad checks at my establishment, for example.

Or I have the right to refuse service to someone who has caused harm to my clients.


I get it, but your wording in the OP missed that nuance. I was merely pointing out that as a society we have decided some reasons to refuse service are unacceptable. It is therefore a lot less inconceivable that other reasons might be considered unacceptable.




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