Michigan Bar Owner Sues Over Smoking Ban: Why are Casinos Exempt?

The Detroit Free Press reports:

Boyd Cottrell says his Warren bar, complete with lottery machines, is no different from the Detroit casinos.

But his patrons at Sporty O'Toole's can't smoke while they gamble, he says, unlike casino patrons, because of Michigan's smoking ban that took effect May 1. Gaming floors at Detroit casinos are exempt from the ban.

Cottrell, a retired Detroit police sergeant who dumped his savings into the bar on Mound Road, is challenging the ban in Macomb County Circuit Court. He says the law is unconstitutional, and he wants his fines for violating the ban tossed.

Modern day liberalism isn't concerned with "equal protection under the law".