Yes, they have a right to practice any religion or none, but at what point does this become absurd?
It is difficult to accept that anyone would worship inanimate objects in the 21st century. I can understand primitive people believing that the earth has a spirit and one can ward off bad juju by appeasing the rocks and trees, but at a supposedly modern and scientific institution of higher learning? This is beyond bizarre.
As a Christian, I am dismayed by so many people following a path to destruction.
One man's religion is another man's belly laugh. --- Robert A. Heinlein