re: Defend the Position: Where do Civil Rights and Freedom of Business Association connect?

I get the government not discriminating because they work for everyone in this country, but there is a distinction between what the government is allowed to do vs. what private citizens are allowed to do that is given in the Constitution. It enumerates and protects our rights from infringement by the government first and foremost. Citizens should be free to associate with who they want to associate with but the government is held to a different standard.