the US law DOESNT apply?

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Ok...had this conversation a number of times with multiple people and I thought i would throw it out there for discussion and see what everybody here thought. the topic in question is this: how is it that the US law system and constitution applies to everybody else...but not private companies? Let me give you an example of what im talking about here. Back when i was still one of Jehovah's Witness's i tried to fill out an application for Rite Aid distribution in the area i lived in at the time. The job was a second shift position meaning i would have been working from 3 in the afternoon to 11 at night had i been hired. as they were handing me the application they asked me if i had full availability and i said i do...but also being a witness i would have to be allowed to attend all the meetings they held which were on Tuesdays and Thursday evenings. and i gave them the times. they didn't let me even take the application...KNOWING that those times were for a religious purpose. Now its my understanding that A. Employers are not allowed LEGALLY to not allow a person to apply for a position for any reason...AND they are not allowed to discriminate based on religion and practice there of. Witnesses view their meetings as part of their worship. So in my opinion the law was broken there. Another example is where i work now. though i haven't actually had this happen yet it very well could. Many people view wearing objects of veneration such as crosses as very much part of their worship. Now i left the Witness religion sometime ago and practice Wicca. I wear a pentacle which in my form of worship is an item of protection and part of honoring the god and goddess i worship. But Wicca and Witchcraft can bother some people. So lets say someone sees my pent and complains and im told to not wear it anymore. but other people are still wearing their crosses and such. I bring this up and tell them that this is part of my form of worship and that other people are wearing their objects of veneration and that if i have to take mine off they have to as well. they don't so i don't either. I get fired. Now it may seem like a little thing but in my mind i just got fired by use of religious discrimination....but somehow because they are a private company that's OK because the law seems not to apply to them. my question...HOW does that work?...i don't get it. Thought that would be an interesting discussion.