Quote Originally Posted by Crazed Rabbit View Post
You should be able to do whatever you want with or on your property - refusing people because you're racist,

....as long as you don't infringe on other people's rights.


If the government has a right to regulate commerce, then they can say you can't operate a business if you discriminate against people on the basis of race.

What troubles me is that even if the laws upheld someone's right to discriminate based on race, which they do not when it comes to running a business, it would still be an abhorrent law that needed to be abolished. That's why there was a civil rights movement. There is no benefit whatsoever to society to allow racial discrimination to occur, especially in the workplace or places of business. I note that some folks will fight tooth and nail to uphold what is by definition unjust treatment of other people, on the basis of a principle which they would argue against if it was happening to them. Suppose you were denied social security benefits because you where white. That would be quite the injustice, and you might start some kind of civil rights movement to put a stop to that unjust treatment.

I must confess, nothing warms my heart more than seeing the government assessing severe penalties against businesses run by hateful bigots.