My worst instinct here is that the churches are going to end up, if they want to preserve, have their own incorporated trades, enterprises, etc. If the Catholics want to have some wedding paraphenalia where it doesn’t have to sell to SSC, then why not set up a business that is specifically contracted, or incorporated into the Catholic Church, so that you only cater to Catholics, or only cater to what Churches are on your contract. That way, you are not a service or business that caters to the general public, and by being a public business, The Civil Rights Act applies to you. It’s not cool, but at the same time, I don’t know how much longer we are going to have to deal with it.
“My worst instinct here is that the churches are going to end up, if they want to preserve, have their own incorporated trades, enterprises, etc. If the Catholics want to have some wedding paraphenalia where it doesn’t have to sell to SSC, then why not set up a business that is specifically contracted, or incorporated into the Catholic Church, so that you only cater to Catholics, or only cater to what Churches are on your contract. That way, you are not a service or business that caters to the general public, and by being a public business, The Civil Rights Act applies to you. It’s not cool, but at the same time, I don’t know how much longer we are going to have to deal with it.”
Nope. There’s this little thing called the Interstate Commerce clause that the USSCt has used to apply equal protection requirements to prohibit racial discrimination by any business that touches interstate commerce. They interpreted the reach broadly enough to include things like a restaurant buying napkins sold across state lines. If the government wants to stop what they perceive as unfair discrimination, they’ll find a justification, and call it constitutional. It’s only a piece of paper, and it won’t get in their way.