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Editorial: Who can pick their customers? Depends who you ask
Same freedom to choose should apply evenly to gun makers, cake bakers
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Gary Ramey, center right, president of Honor Defense, a Gainesville-based pistol manufacturer, speaks during a press conference in Gainesville, on Tuesday, June 19, 2018. Honor Defense was dropped by its payment processing services, Stripe and Intuit, due to the company's involvement in the firearms industry. - photo by David Barnes
Here’s a riddle on free markets, free choice and how the rule of law applies to charges of discrimination: Company A makes a conscious decision not to do business with Party B on ideological grounds. Party B claims discrimination, saying its legal activity shouldn’t be punished by such a refusal. Company A says it retains the right to choose with whom to conduct business.