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Originally Posted by MysticCat

Nope. The Constitution is a grant of authority to the federal government, and the freedoms enumerated in the Bills of Rights are limitations on that authortity. By virtue of the Fourteenth Amendment, many of those limitations are also applicable to the states.

Congress can make receipt of federal money contingent on certain things, such as non-discrimination. But in that case, it's a federal law, not a constitutional provision, that comes into play. If it's in the Constitution, it only applies to the government, not private institutions.

oh, that is very interesting