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Yep, private sector discrimination is often open to successful civil suits. It shouldn't be, but it often is.
"The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all."
— H.L. Mencken
Many here would not hesitate to agree with this in regards to free speech, but free use of private property (barring possible external costs) is somehow an entirely different matter. Well, I don't see a relevant difference between the imaginary right not to be offended and the imaginary right not to be shunned. I should have as much autonomy over my real estate as I do over my vocal cords.
Denny's deserved scorn and a boycott, but not a government-enforced fine. They don't owe me a table and they don't owe you one, either.
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I wonder if we're stuck in Rome.
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