A store is private property. A retail store, including grocery stores, are not public property and invite the public in.
Private property owners can ask and require you to do things like wear a shirt, wear shoes and wear pants or they can refuse you service. Any private company can refuse you service if that refusal is not predicated on discrimination.
At the same time the consumer can refuse to enter the store to make a purchase.
While not wearing shirt, shoes and pants may not be illegal (in some cases it is) it is not illegal to require masks be worn upon entering a retail outlet.
If you are so worried about someone wearing or not wearing a mask, there are plenty of ecommerce sites on the internet that don’t care what you wear when browsing through their store or when you go to make a purchase.
If it is private property, respect the wishes of the owner or just don’t go. It is that simple.
‘If it is private property, respect the wishes of the owner or just don’t go. It is that simple.’
face masks have nothing to do with the wishes of the owner, and everything to do with his/her fear of the state government...tired arguments like yours are missing the reality of the situation entirely...
Masks are not clothing. Masks have strictly health consequences. Still not sure that when push comes to shove that a store which has “public accommodation” can discriminate on a health matter.