Federal and state laws prohibit discrimination of public accommodation on the basis of religion. But Volkman-Bascome Professor of Law at UW-Madison Anuj Desai says it is legal to refuse some services based on the owner’s beliefs. “That’s where this gets tricky because those views might well overlap with certain religions,” he said. “And so they’re going to say ‘this is actually discriminated against me based on my religion, not just on my views.’”