We're talking about a mall in this thread, are we not? You were voicing your approval of the ability to ban guns in malls, were you not? You're the one who brought it up, and what you are saying is that discrimination is awful and terrible, but we should allow it because people will try to do it anyway. You have no problem with a mall that bans guns and faggots, legally. Yeah, those unenforceable anti-discrimination laws, they sure are a pain in the ass when I don't want any filthy immigrants in my apartment building.
I'm not saying that we allow discrimination because people will do it anyway. I'm saying that we allow it because it is not a proper function of government to prevent it. If someone decides to open a restaurant that is women-only, then so be it. I have no right to that businesses goods or services.
You believe in freedom of speech, correct? Do you think that I should be allowed to go to the local mall and start cursing at the top of my lungs? You believe in freedom of religion, I assume. Let's say that someone wants to open a shop at the mall that sells Satanic and occult items. Do you think the mall owner should be required by law to let that shop operate on his property, even if it's against his personal beliefs?
In this country (and all truly free societies) we have three basic rights: life, liberty, and property. Custom and common law have established that they are protected in the order of life, property, and liberty. Your right to liberty (free speech, free travel) is lower than my right of property. We know this because you are not allowed to walk into my house or stand on my lawn with protest signs without my permission. Your right to property is lower than my right to life. We know this because you cannot hurt me against my will simply because I'm on your property. The bottom line is that life trumps property, and property trumps other liberties. Anything else, no matter how well meaning, is a perversion of these rights.
I have no problem with anyone's race, color, ethnic background, religion, etc. In fact, of my two closest friends, one is black and the other is Jewish. However, if Joe's Diner down the street decides that he doesn't want to serve blacks and Jews, I would support that, the same way that I support the right of the KKK to spew hate speech. I don't like it. In fact, I think it's disgusting. But it is their right. My friends and I have no
right to be on someone else's property. We only have that privilege at their discretion.