[Elsie]

The sort of people who deny them status as a “place of public religious worship” also hate Baptists, Catholics, and ANYONE who doesn’t worship government.

Oh?

Do the Baptists, Catholics, and ANYONE else (besides Scientologists) have a MONITOR at the door to see if you can WORTHILY enter??

[Mr Rogers]

“Do the Baptists, Catholics, and ANYONE else (besides Scientologists) have a MONITOR at the door to see if you can WORTHILY enter??”

I fail to see why that is wrong, if a church decides to do so. When we have church business meetings, for example, the public is not allowed. A woman in a bikini would not be allowed in our services, nor a nude man. Someone wearing an obscene T-shirt would not be allowed to join the worship, although they would be offered something to cover the T-shirt.

Maybe you are a part of a church where anyone can do anything, but most congregations DO reserve the right to refuse entry based on their beliefs about right & wrong. A church, at least in America, is not a government office.