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Until your private education or health services starts turning people away based on race/religion/political affiliation

• klodolph 9y ago
  There are already laws against discrimination by protected status (race/religion count), and laws about access to health services.
  • kbenson 9y ago
    To my (admittedly weak) understanding, those laws affect employment, government agencies, and the ability to get any sort of government funding/aid. Are there laws that actually require organizations to allow membership in or provide services for all people? That doesn't seem workable.
    • klodolph 9y ago
      Not only is this workable, but there was a whole movement around these issues in the 1960s called the civil rights movement. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is one of the results of that movement, and this law makes it illegal for a store to refuse service on the basis of race, for example. This is why you don't see signs saying "No Coloreds" in stores any more. Other laws, like the ADA and FHA, have expanded on this, and individual states have broader protections. Look at the case of Sweet Cakes by Melissa in Oregon, which was fined for refusing to bake a cake for a same-sex couple. For emergency care, look up the EMTLA. There are many other regulations centered on discrimination and health care, that's just one of them.
• kbenson 9y ago
  Which gets really complicated really quickly. There are plenty of cases of benign exclusivity, and plenty of cases of less than benign exclusivity, even in those areas you specifically pointed out.