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Originally Posted by henry quirk
Seems to me: the issue is neatly dealt with if one drops the whole religious freedom angle and gets down to the root, which is 'property'.
A business is property, it's owned. The owner, I think, should use (or misuse) his or property as he or she sees fit. <snip>
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Only if you are King on your own wholly-island could you make such an argument. (pun not intended)
And you'd lose that argument the first time you tried to buy something from another King.
But like it or not, our laws require a business license to sell to or service the public.
You may try to make the trivial argument that the government just wants to make $,
but license fees are not the
sine qua non of issuing a business license.
A license is a "statement" that each licensee agrees to abide by certain Laws, Rules, and Regulations.
And non-descrimination has become one of the laws of commerce in the U.S.