Ron Paul statements about Civil Rights Act should clear up something many DUers get wrong

[CreekDog]

When he said the US Civil Rights Act of 1964 affects people's ability to discriminate based on race, he's correct, it does.

Unfortunately, there's a widespread misunderstanding, where many people think that if someone wants to not teach people who are of a different race in their business, or not serve a person of a certain religion at their restaurant, that they are allowed to discriminate that way.

That law Ron Paul is talking about and the court's application of it say "no". You may not discriminate on the basis of race and religion, among other things, in your business.

And that still applies even if the business has one of those signs, perhaps you've seen them:

[Enrique]

1. I'm not sure about schools

restaurants, yes, but what about private religious schools. At the very least, it's still being contested there.

By the way, what I am saying has nothing to do with Ron Paul. He's not talking about the limits of the law, he is talking about the whole law, the whole concept of the law, for restaurants, buses, planes, whatever.