Quote Originally Posted by bae View Post
Wouldn't it be simpler to *allow* people to discriminate, no matter how vile and hateful you find their behavior, so long as they are not using force against one another or engaging in fraud?

Yes, many forms of discrimination are unpleasant and cause grief, but is it really the proper business of the government to step in and use force to limit the voluntary associations and contractual arrangements private citizens engage in?
It wouldn't be simpler for the people being discriminated against. Working, shopping, banking, trying to find a place to live. Wondering if the people coming to pull you from your wrecked car are going to approve of your color, religion, sexual orientation, etc., as well as the hospital they take you to.

Not very simple for the folks who find it distasteful as well. There is an attraction to libertarianism (allow people to do anything so long as they are not using force against one another or engaging in fraud), but it has it's own ugly edge to it as well. I think it may be worse.