If that was the tradition of the local community and had been on the books for years, instead of a new law urged by the Catholic church directly imposing its will on people, then I would have respected it or I would have moved somewhere else if it bothered me too much (which I doubt).
It's amusing to me how tradition is such a good justification for opposing things such as gay marriage or the removal of the ten commandments, but it is completely ignored when it comes to someone's can of beer.
But since you bring up tradition, just how old does a discriminatory practice have to be before it is considered a tradition, and therefore, in your view, sacrosanct.
Surely if a tradition, no matter how old, stems from one religion's trying to force its will on others, then those who take issue with it have the right to oppose it.