Businesses Should Be Able To Deny Service To Anyone They See Fit

I. Private Institutions and Freedom of AssociationImagine this, someone comes up to me and asks if we can hang out and be friends. I look this person over and for personal and private reasons deny the person their request. I do not wish to associate, give my time or energy to such a relationship at the moment. That is perfectly within my right to do because I am a private citizen with a right to associate with whoever I want.Imagine this also, I am selling my car. I have a For Sale sign on my car the car is in my driveway. Someone comes up to my door and offers to buy the car. I politely say no for my own private and personal reasons. The man is disappointed and leaves. I am fully within my right to sell my car to who I see fit. Now, for some reason when people start private businesses these rights are presumed to be dissolved. Why? All a business is, is a permanent place where someone participates in freedom of association and freedom of sale. There is nothing that can be evoked to force a private citizen, selling private goods to relent their rights. In short, people have the freedom, yes, to discriminate if they wish. While you may disagree, if people are to truly be free and have a free exchange of goods and services this right must be upheld. If this freedom is taken away, then you are denying people the right to their own beliefs, practices, thoughts etc.If private citizens have the freedom to associate with who they wish and the freedom to sell their things as they see fit then the same private citizens should have the same rights even if they're sitting behind a desk with a sign over their heads. Slapping a name and the title of "business" should not and does not constitute the destruction of private rights.A. Private Institutions Have This Right AlreadyBoy Scouts do not have to admit women into their organization if they don't want to.Private clubs, organizations and institutions can deny membership or more clearly sale of membership, to whoever they want. Country clubs, car clubs, ethnic organizations all deny service to people who do not fit their profile for membership. These things are allowed and tolerated because of the right of private institutions to deny service to those they see fit. It is tolerated because they are private institutions that can deny their services to whoever. II. Difference Between Public and PrivatePublic institutions such as government run facilities, publicly owned companies and public goods should not discriminate against anyone because they are public. They are owned by a large group of people or were created to service the general public as a whole. I agree that these companies and organizations should not be allowed to discriminate due to their public nature. Be sure to keep that in mind for the duration of the debate. However, if an institution is private then they still hold the rights that private institutions should have to deny service to whomever they see fit.Conclusion If a business is private, it should retain the rights and freedoms to associate and deal with whoever it wants to. A private business is nothing more than a mechanism to better help facilitate the actions and wills of private individuals. These mechanisms should be given the same freedoms as the founder as they are merely acting in the will of a private individual.