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February 17, 2013 8:09 pm at 8:09 pm
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Akuperma: I haven’t looked, but my guess is they are claiming it violates the Civil Rights Act or some similar Act, which applies to anyone who provides a public accommodation in interstate commerce. As we know, interstate commerce has no limits, so it applies to any public accomodation.
The same way you can’t have a hotel that is “Whites only”, or “No Jews.”
The better question is if free exercise will trump it. Under Smith, probably not. But Smith is weak.