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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From my understanding, it comes down to reason. Businesses and the like do NOT have the right to refuse service for any reason at all–if the reason for refusal is due to discrimination (there’s generally a list of categories that count here, depending on where you’re at), it’s not allowed. Otherwise, if it has nothing to do with a protected category of discrimination, it is.

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