Does Biden’s Justice Department care about the civil rights of Christians?

Published December 6, 2022 12:00am ET



If the Biden administration were serious about civil rights, it would investigate and probably sanction a Richmond restaurant for refusing to serve members of a Christian advocacy group. But Biden’s administration doesn’t care about civil rights.

The restaurant is, by law, under Title II of the Civil Rights Act, a “public accommodation” that may not discriminate against patrons “on the ground of … religion.” A public accommodation is defined as, among other things, “any restaurant, cafeteria, lunchroom, lunch counter, soda fountain, or other facility principally engaged in selling food for consumption on the premises.” The same law says the U.S. attorney general has the power (and, arguably, the ethical obligation) to seek an injunction against the restaurateur who denies service in a public accommodation.

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