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business owners don't have the right to discriminate. It's specifically illegal.
According to what?
There are some laws in place that outlaw certain specifically-enumerated types of discrimination, but no laws that outlaw "discrimination" in general.
The federal law in question is Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which does not mention "sexual orientation" as a protected class. It does mention "sex", but every Federal Circuit court presented with the argument of whether "sex' was intended to cover "sexual orientation" has rejected that argument. that's been the rule in the 50+ years that the Title VII has existed.
And there's no way in hell this Supreme Court is going to add "sexual orientation" to a statute where it was clearly never intended. That's why people have been pushing to amend Title VII itself -- to specifically prohibit nationwide private sector discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
All states also have laws barring discrimination against certain specifically enumerated groups. A majority of those states also do not protect "sexual orientation" from private sector discrimination.
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