lol i was thinking the same question...

Good point, Beyond. It just struck me how the religious fight over such trivial things, making test cases out of bs. Decades ago when I was a dedicated SDA the big pain in the ass was that I couldn't work on the sabbath, friday sundown to saturday sundown. I never thought to bring this to court, but to either find a job where that worked or tell them up front this is what I need to be hired and if hired to be an exemplary employee so as not to be an embarassment to management. Joseph and Daniel in the bible were great examples of that. Today, the religious want society to bend instead.
It is quiet sick. Jesus said my kingdom is not if this world. Why don't his followers not get that? It seems they don't believe he is going to return and so they need to doing nation building for jeebus.

I often hear stories from Canada and Europe from the well intended "cant we all just get along" left. Force is not how you create civility. Law must be based on the simple concept of "you either let it all in, or keep it all out, but no one group gets a monopoly of venue".

I would have to read the ruling to know why they did it. If Christians were saying "I can do this, but you cant" then the ban is appropriate because the government is trying to prevent a monopoly. But if it is merely a politically correct law to placate the emotions of others, then no.

Jefferson's wall was really a self correcting choice. Humans like their clubs and like being the alpha male. Those on top, in any given society don't like to share public venues. When you face that majority with the two options above, they chose to keep it neutral because they don't want to share.

But Europe goes too far for me sometimes. Like when France banned the underwear add  because of it's depiction of the last super with 18 year olds in underwear. Or like the well intended blasphemy law by Ireland to attempt to end the beef between Catholics and Protestants. That government would have to arrest Thomas Jefferson for equating the virgin birth to Minerva being born out of the brain of Jupiter.

I would advise Europe and Canada and even America, when you try to attempt to use law to keep dissenting blasphemy quiet, what most humans forget is that power shifts over time and the government you live under may not always like or agree with what you want to bitch about. I warn the well intended not to hand government the loaded gun of censorship just because an individual doesn't like being offended. Long term that hurts the rights of all on all sides.

There are TWO simple rules all of us can agree to no matter how much we get offended or how much we want to bitch about others.

1. Don't physically harm others.

2. Don't call for the physical harm of others.

But as far as public venues and religious displays. IT DEPENDS, using government to sell a religion, no. But simply having a religious turban or a cross around your neck, as long as you are not saying "I get to do this, but you cant", we cant be so anal about silencing others. We do not live in a utopia where we always get everything we want.

I constantly get blasted and falsely accused of being "militant" by both believers and some atheists here. A militant would silence Voltaire when he said "I may vehemently disagree with what you have to say, but will defend to the death your right to say it".

No matter what people think of me, I do get tired of people trying to use the word "bigot" or "militant" merely because I say "You are full of shit".

Militant is what China does to dissent. Militant is what Iran does to dissent. Saying you are not entitled to a pedestal is NOT militant.

Verbally throwing cold water on someone's face does not translate to fascism. Merely shouting "THE WORLD IS NOT FUCKING FLAT" is not hate of a person, it is hate of the utterance of an absurdity.

I promise everyone here, I don't want you arrested. I promise everyone here if I saw you bleeding in the street, I WOULD HELP YOU, regardless of how full of shit I may think a particular claim is. I don't have a kid, but if I did and a religious person wanted to marry them, I WOULD NOT DISOWN MY KID.

We live in a world of 7 billion and since there is no such thing as a utopia, law cannot be written as such and can only be based on common concepts, specifically the common concept of not having to fear your government or your neighbor.

Theists, from a human rights standpoint SHOULD have the right to attempt to sell their product, not because I value it, but because humans are not clones of each other. But equally as important is the ability to bitch and call "bullshit", If we don't allow our fellow humans to bitch we simply get into pissing contests via law that end up hurting everyone long term.

That is reasonable. All my bosses have allowed the employees to wear religious stuff within reason. And they don't stop you from talking about religious stuff, as long as it doesn't prevent you from doing your job. I object to religious displays moreso when we are dealing with public venues where a majority is saying "I can do this, but you cant".

I even had a Christian boss defend me when some asshole called in and tried to have me fired because his kid saw an atheist bumper sticker on my car. His response to that customer, "Thats his car".

Again, I only object when a venue, private or public becomes one sided to the point a minority ends up in a hostile environment. With public venues most of the time the majority backs off because they don't want to share the venue, so it ends up staying neutral.

Now, I can say, if my boss ever said "you cant talk to the employees about your atheism" but allowed them to talk about their religion, then I would have a problem. But, we never bring it up to the customers, and when we do talk about it it is never a one way street and it never interferes with work.  That is about the best you are going to get.

                    Well Brian you luckily have a boss who doesn't let his personal views interfere with him treating his employees fairly.  That's the kind of Christian that I can actually respect. Good for him.

The latter probably pays better, at least if you are expert at your job.

Thank you Mary Antoinette. Your advice is about as useful as nipples on men.