Yes...freedom of association...private property rights and the basic natural right to be stupid...after all...who else but an idiot would, right off the bat, reduce his potential pool of buyers by deciding he's not going to sell to someone based on some arbitrary characteristic?
"who else but an idiot would, right off the bat, reduce his potential pool of buyers by deciding he's not going to sell to someone based on some arbitrary characteristic?"
Well, that being the case, maybe the law should be changed, so that people can discriminate based on whatever, and idiots should be barred from operating businesses. /sarc
Seriously though, if the laws were changed to reflect your belief of freedom of association, I feel that there'd be a lot more segregation going on, which I thought was something this country was trying to move away from. I'm sure there are many people in this country (of all races) who would love to be able to discriminate for such petty reasons.
Well, then these same private property businesses shouldn't expect public benefit of police, fire, street, or sewer.