(February 4, 2015 at 3:51 pm)Heywood Wrote: Suppose Ham wasn't building a giant wooden ark but instead building the most awesomeist strip club on the planet. Further suppose that he discriminated in the hiring of his dancers by stipulating he would only hire girls who are under 95 years old. He probably has a legal right to discriminate that way. Does the state have the right to punish him by denying him access to the sales tax rebate program because he exercised his right to discriminate?
A few problems with your thought experiment.
Can't say for sure about Kentucky, but around here, strip club performers aren't employees, and aren't subject to the same anti-discrimination laws as employees.
Second, what Ham is doing isn't a lawful form of employment discrimination for a for-profit company.
