Religious Laws and Public Places

"... the essential freedom to practice and express our faith, or to have no faith at all, does not include a right to impose those beliefs on others. Nor does it confer a right to enlist the machinery of government to enforce religious restrictions in public services. 

Deeply held religious beliefs cannot trump the basic notion that government facilities, like city buses, should be open to all on an equal basis."  DANIEL MACH (Director, Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief, A.C.L.U. ) New York Times letter 2013