> I would say the elected government of a state has the right to define the criteria for it's contractors. You can "say" this all you want, but in fact states

> I would say the elected government of a state has the right to define the criteria for it's contractors. You can "say" this all you want, but in fact states do not have this right: their criteria can't violate individual Constitutional rights. If their criteria said "whites only" or "you can't support gay martiage" the issue would be the same: there is nothing special at all about which specific freedom the criteria violates.