“Precluding any such law, we let people worship when and where they please. That it hurts some people’s feelings is, well, irrelevant in a nation of laws.”
This would be fine, except that it only takes one person to bring a lawsuit saying his or her feelings were hurt to get the courts to ban prayer at graduation, or singing Christian songs in school at Christmas. “Hurt feelings” count a lot in the law when Christianity is the target.
BTW, one thing I’ve noticed (and it was chilling, given the nature of our PC society) is that the Freedom From Religion Foundation has begun making the argument that “freethinkers” (here comes the irony) are emotionally harmed by seeing religious advertisements and displays.
BTW, have you noticed there has been no word from the Freedom From Religion Foundation on the mosque issue? Strange...these folks and their ilk can’t get to a microphone fast enough to compare peaceful Christians, Jews, Hindus and others to the “religious” 9/11 hijackers, but when someone is trying to honor said hijackers with a religious facility....crickets.