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I'm religious and agree 100% with this. I'd never want my religious beliefs to be used to tell you what you can and can't do. They're my religious beliefs and should only affect me. On the flip side, I don't want anyone else's religious beliefs to dictate what I do.
There are too many people, though, who say "this is a Christian country and we need to follow Christian rules." I'm Jewish and not Christian so I know that these people getting their wish would make me a second class citizen. And that's if they don't go all "deport all Jews to Israel" (which I'm not from) or just go full Nazi and decide to kill all Jews. (And, yes, I've met at least one Nazi who faulted Hitler for "not finishing the job." These people are out there, they're scary, and some of them are getting into positions of power.)