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A private business can choose to do business with anyone they choose or to not do business with you. It would be different if the government was making these sorts of decisions.



The number of exceptions to that supposed right are so numerous it’s almost not worth discussing.


Actually it's not that long a list:

U.S. federal law protects individuals from discrimination or harassment based on the following nine protected classes: sex, race, age, disability, color, creed, national origin, religion, or genetic information (added in 2008).




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