BTW, I forgot to reply to your main point, which is the implication that if we regulate facebook, we'll have to regulate Free Republic. Actually, the reason why normal businesses face discrimination lawsuits, and groups like churches, or the Boyscouts do not, but then some other social groups can and HAVE been sued for refusing to let women work for them or join them, is because the Courts recognize a group that is made for a certain class/type of people versus organizations that for religious or political reasons restrict membership only to men or to people of a specific religion.
Free Republic would be protected under the First Amendment. Facebook, which promotes itself as a free and open social space to all people, would not.
Free Republic would be protected under the First Amendment. Facebook, which promotes itself as a free and open social space to all people, would not.FB and FR both have terms of service. FB’s are less restrictive than Jim’s but explicit when you sign up for an account.
On both services anyone can sign up and post until the owner decides that they can’t. For any reason.
There is no difference in a legal sense.