content: Difference being, "Ladies Night" usually means they waive the cover charge, which is a business decision. They specifically class this charge as a "Tax", which means they are collecting it at the behest of the State, which would violate the 14th Amendment. Oddly enough, because this business is permitted for business, this also means that anything not expressly forbidden is condoned by the State permitting them for business, also implicating the State in that discrimination. There's a very important difference between business policy and government fiscal policy. Had they classed it as a "Surcharge", I would wholly agree. Making it a "Tax", however, is a different matter altogether...