There used to be an era in America where hotels could legally discriminate, making travel for minorities extremely difficult. This is not a matter of feeling offended, but a matter of having equal access to resources.
Off topic...at what point do we stop calling them "minorities" when they are the majority in many regions??
The second they start having to obey zoning regulations, building codes, taxation & insurance the way hotels do, their valuation drops precipitously.
If they are your guests. Not if they are your customers.
> Off topic...at what point do we stop calling them "minorities" when they are the majority in many regions??
We stop calling them minorities when they are no longer so heavily outnumbered by the dominant ethnic group.
Don't like it? Call the Best Western.
We also see exemptions to non-discrimintary laws for churchs, mosques, temples, etc. Its clear that society is not a "one size fits all" thing and exemptions are morally and socially justifiable. The same way I can't get funding and entitlements like affirmative action and other race-based policies, that are 100% racist and accepted by liberals as normal.
It's your hotel, not your home. No one is shoving people into you home; they are saying you can't invite the public and then keep certain protected classes out.
Don't like it? Don't run a public hotel from your residence.
> he has Facebook postings criticizing the US and cheering on ISIS then I don't want him in my home
Neither of these are a legally protected class under US discrimination law.
Except you are renting your home out. It's a business and you should absolutely be subject to the laws regarding non-discrimination that apply to a business.
If you don't like it then quit acting like a sketchy pseudo-hotel.
You believe that your property is being searched and/or seized when the government regulates your cottage business?
AirBnB does not provide lodging which is the cause of a lot of problems.