My only point was that a landlord cannot just deny renting to anybody for any reason. The fact that landlords skirt the law does not mean that they can give any reason to anybody - it just means they go to greater lengths to discriminate. The fact that loopholes exist - I'm sure people will look for a box not checked if they really want to - doesn't make it right. Discrimination is discrimination no matter how you look at it. You may not like who you are supposed to rent to, but that's the price you pay for being a landlord.
The landlord can deny renting to anyone for any reason they want to.......if you are denied a rental you better be able to prove you were wrongly denied.
To use your own words, discrimination is discrimination no matter how you look at it........yet you support discrimination of an owner's right to choose the clientele of his establishment.
I can't open a Cigar Bar in Delaware, not because I don't qualify for a liquor license, but because I'm not allowed to allow smoking in my bar...........is that not discrimination?