If you think federal non-discrimination laws are wrong(and I think many academics would say flat non-discrimination frameworks are, in their application, not just wrong but white supremacist!), then the answer cannot just be "well let's ignore them" and then act aggrieved/surprised when you get sued
[this has been university strategy for the last 15 years, with institutions banking on the fact that white academics generally support these efforts (or at least see it in their best interests to appear to support them) and are thus unlikely to sue over discrimination. It is now falling apart]
But the only other route is winning hearts/ minds & getting legal/policy change. But this also seems impossible!