However, because Judaism also involves genetics posters cannot be as rude as they would be in instances where a theological label is a matter of choice. For instance, it is ok in "open" RF debate to say "Scientologists are crazy" but it is anti-Semitic to say "Jews are crazy."
No rationalization (e.g. replace "Scientologist" with "Jew" and it would be anti-Semitic) will convince me to elevate debate protection of any belief system to the level at which we protect groups who had no choice in the matter, i.e. racism, anti-Semitism, etc.
That is the mother of all cop-outs.
Valid enough, RM. Since it is an ethno-religious group, it has different connotations.