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No, the FedGov has no authority to make anti-discrimination laws that apply to individuals and businesses.
Of course they have done just that - but there is no constitutional foundation for it - it is the government acting outside the bounds of its power. The courts rubber stamped it, and the people cheered - but make no mistake, it is an example of the government acting lawlessly itself - which of course is far more dangerous than an individual acting like a bigot.
Once the citizenry accepts that the government can operate with open-ended, unaccountable power, it is only a matter of time before that government swallows the rights and liberties of all the citizens.
I wrote this and you said no, it's not wrong.
So then ending Jim Crow laws was wrong?
And yet, federal anti-discrimination laws drove changes in those states to remove Jim Crow.
So....I am confused at any point you are trying to make.