Let's say I have a religion that, as part of practicing it, restricts my diet.
If I try to make you - a non-practitioner - eat that diet, then your reply makes sense. It's a personal matter; I don't get to force it on you or anyone else.
But if you try to remove the option of me being able to get food that fits my diet out in public? Don't try to justify that by saying "religion is a personal matter". That's an absurd rationale.
> Let's say I have a religion that, as part of practicing it, restricts my diet.
> If I try to make you - a non-practitioner - eat that diet, then your reply makes sense. It's a personal matter; I don't get to force it on you or anyone else.
In the UK, it's becoming increasingly difficult to find restaurants whose meat is not halal. One could argue that a religious diet is in fact being forced upon those who do not practise Islam.
How does praying infringe on a public space? Does it leave behind wrappers? Hurt the local wildlife? Ruin the watershed?
Should we ban people quietly playing musical instruments in public spaces to? Perhaps people walking? Certainly people reading books - they could be religious books or even, gasp, depict sex.
Out of memory, it is often times Muslims praying in the middle of a road or pathway to block other people for no reason than being obnoxious. And then as a reaction they will get this stupid law.
If I try to make you - a non-practitioner - eat that diet, then your reply makes sense. It's a personal matter; I don't get to force it on you or anyone else.
But if you try to remove the option of me being able to get food that fits my diet out in public? Don't try to justify that by saying "religion is a personal matter". That's an absurd rationale.