How could you sue somebody for something that isn't illegal though?
The "nanny government" has to exist on at least some level for discrimination to be illegal.
people sue for non illegal stuff all the time. Like I'm sure is exceedingly common to sue someone for something that's not illegal, for example the McDonald's Coffee lady
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Isn't pretty much any government a nanny government.
It's kind of the point of the whole thing no?
like what kind of punishment could the government bestow on someone for refusing to bake a cake for someone. A fine? Would the cops show up? When it comes to governmental businesses/jobs, yes there should be a law, but when it comes to refusing to bake a cake or something like that, simply raising a ruckus and drawing a lot of negative attention to the company seems like it would be more effective
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Edit 3: okay so reading up on it more, this: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/deaf-customers-sue-starbucks-discrimination/story?id=19679652
I guess discrimination laws do exist but suing and being loud look like the most effective way to get some sort of justice. Anyways I think this is what happened in the gay cake situation too. So I think -this- sort of situation is optimal? Obviously it's not perfect but legal options still exist