I’m here in Arizona and the truth about this law is a little different than has been widely reported. “Under Arizona law, employers and businesses may fire, not hire or refuse to serve people because they’re gay. The cities of Phoenix, Flagstaff and Tucson have ordinances that prohibit this, but SB 1062 would pre-empt those local laws if the business person cites his or her religious beliefs. In fact, if the bill becomes law, voiding those ordinances may be its main practical effect.”
So actually this is pre-empting a local (city) law with a state ordinance.
More seriously, then be an absentee business owner and let more accommodating employees do all the actual work.
(Chorus: Sucks to be you in America.
If you run a shop in America,
go hire an infidel-American
to deal with all other Americans)
Since there is no inherent Right to own a business, and since the law of the land demands equal treatment from those running public serving businesses, both in hiring and in public interaction, there is only one legitimate solution to a personal need to not interact with certain kinds of people.
You can’t. I’ve also never heard of any Muslim business owner arguing that if for no other reason that some interpretations of Islam, like Orthodox Judaism forbid coming into physical contact with women they’re not married or related to, but that’s different from “interacting”.
Now, some Muslim cabbies have tried to argue that they shouldn’t be forbidden from preventing service dogs in their cabs, but thankfully laws regarding access for handicapped people prevented this.