Congratz Pete... This doesn't happen very often, but you have really put my beliefs to the test with this one... DAMNED YOU!
As much as I despise affirmative action, racial quotas and government imposed morality, I'm going to have to disagree with Stossel on this one and oppose the repeal of the public accommodations portion of the Civil Rights law.
Although I agree that in almost all cases, if a business was legally allowed, and did choose to discriminate against certain groups of people today, there would be a hell of a financial price to pay for doing so, therefore most would never choose to do such a thing.... But then there are the exceptions... If we were to do that now, it would not only serve to damage race relations in America and further divided us all, but it would also give power back to organizations like the KKK and the Black Panthers, that's civil rights legislation had taken away. They would be able pressure or strong arm businesses in certain communities or towns into only catering to "their kind" and we would see a return to segregated communities. Can you imagine what inner city gangs would do if they knew that businesses in their neighborhoods could legally deny service to rival gangs of another race? They would turn certain communities into Blacks only, Latinos only, Asians only, or whites only neighborhoods and do so by threat of violence or destruction of property... All small businesses would have to comply of go out of business, and corporate chains would be forced to relocate, further damaging poor inner city areas.
I'm sorry, but this is one government intrusion that must remain in effect in order to keep racism and racial violence at least somewhat in check.