How can companies retain the right to refuse service to anyone, yet still have to follow discrimination laws?

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Title basically says it all, I’ve seen claims and signs that all say that a store or “business retains the right to refuse service” and yet I know (at least in the US) that discrimination and civil rights laws exist and make it so you can’t refuse to serve someone on the basis of race, sex, etc

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A business can refuse people by their clothes (eg “no shirt, no shoes, no service”), by their age (pubs not allowing under 18s/21s), criminal record, as these aren’t protected classes.

But they can’t refuse people by their gender, skin colour, sexual orientation, age (over 40), or any other [protected class](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_group#United_States).

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