Look, we allow private owners to do things we don't allow in public institutions all the time. In a lot of places, privately owned companies still have the right not to hire you if they know you're gay
Actually the issue of whether or not a company is privately owned has nothing to do with whether or not it can discriminate.
A private, tax exempt CLUB has more leeway...from
Title VIIquote:
a bona fide private membership club (other than a labor organization)
which is exempt from taxation under section 501(c) of title 26 [the
Internal Revenue Code of 1954]
Federal Law -
quote:
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin;