The right of free association only gets you so far. It does not allow you to discriminate against people in employment and housing. We've got all kinds of laws on the books that prohibit that kind of discrimination. And they've been upheld as Constitutional.
This particular case was pretty much a slam dunk.
Says who? Why should I not be free to start a little company, and refuse to hire satanists, or neo-nazis, or left-handed redheads? You can call me anti-social--or even immoral--but what right do you have to decide my hiring policy for me?
We've got all kinds of laws on the books that prohibit that kind of discrimination. And they've been upheld as Constitutional.
More's the pity. Segregation was evil, but some of the measures taken to end it will have lasting, unfortunate consequences.
What about freedom of religion? Should a landlord be prohibited from exercising His God-given right to refuse to rent according to dictates of his consciensce? Those who answer in the affirmative don't have the slightest clue as to the meaning of freedom of religion(or private property rights, either).