The problem is that as a society, for far too long we have forced individuals to violate the first amendment. No, I am not talking about the religion clause. I am talking about the assembly clause.
The first amendment guarantees the right to peacefully assemble. And just as the rest of the first amendment includes the negative, i.e. the right to NOT do something, the right to assemble also includes the right to NOT assemble. No one can force you to join a church or book club or gym if you do not want to.
Further, we can assemble for ANY reason as long as it is peaceful. That include for the purpose of business. So The People have the right to conduct business with whomever they want to and they also have the right to NOT conduct business with whomever they want.
In short, any law which requires a business to serve anyone that it does not wish to server, is unconstitutional.
“Further, we can assemble for ANY reason as long as it is peaceful.”
I wish you were completely correct.
However, as of December 2012, the NDAA that went into law, permits arrest and indefinite detention of US citizens who are deemed beligerent toward the government.
There is no clear definition of what might be considered beligerent behavior.
It’s likely that individuals could have been arrested and jailed without due process during the 09/12/2009 Tea Party March on DC.
Assembling, holding signs and chanting anything against this regime could get you thrown in jail.
The ACLU and other organizations failed in their opposition to the NDAA.
We no longer have the First Ammendment as it was intentionally written.
We let Obola do this without so much as a whimper.