“Sadly, that boat sailed back in the 60s, when we used the power of the state to force racists to change their ways of doing business.”
Actually state power well preceded this. Businesses were forced to conform to racist views and were limited in how they could do business by the Democrat racists.
“If a motel owner with sincere religious beliefs against “race-mixing” can be forced to rent a room to an interacial couple”
The state forced people to not “race mix”. This was not an option. It was illegal.
The Democrats did all of this and continue to do it.
Since the passage of the Civil Rights Act in the mid-60s, motel owners have been forced to rent rooms to people they disapprove of, including interacial couples.
Yes, in some states prior to that the opposite applied. But I am talking about the law as it is today throughout the nation.