Well, I run a small business. I can refuse or accept any business I choose. I do, in fact, avoid some business. Not for any moral or ethical reasons but because I am aware of how they pay, or in this case, do not pay or take extended time to pay their bills.
I don't know of a way that the government could force a small company to take business they don't want to take. This seems absurd to me. If a cake maker doe not want to make a cake or a web designer does not want to make a website, they don't have to. They can turn down the business.
I find this issue mostly nonsense. Now, when I started the business I have, it was shortly after the 9/11 attacks and I had an issue with insurance companies refusing to take my business. A major issue to get a new business off the ground because you can't do that without insurance. That was a problem, but they have the right to accept or no accept me as a client. They do not ask what my sexual preferences or religious beliefs are on any of the forms though they strictly evaluate based upon type of business and what they feel your risk level is. Plus after 9/11 they added forms to either take or refuse terrorism insurance because they were jumpy about future terrorist attacks.
Obviously, this particular case that is being discussed about the web designer is total nonsense. I am not sure how that got in front of the Supreme Court but I find it extremely questionable that it did and that it would be a case they even bothered to consider. If this woman wanted to turn away business she can turn away business, all that does is create a situation where someone else can take on that business.
It is likely very much in a company's interest not to say they do not want someone's business because of their race, sexual preference, or religious beliefs...but hey, if bigotry is your thing, well, feel free to express it. Personally, I have never asked a client about any of these things and never would...but I'm not a bigot so why would I and really what does it have to do with doing business.
