Neither would they say freedom of religion is restricted to the public square. That is absolutely Orwellian.
There is no such legal principle in the U.S. as ‘Freedom of Religion’ there is only the ‘Free Exercise’ Clause of the Constitution which limits the government from interfering with your religious practices.
Freedom of religion exists in the public square and on one's own property; everywhere else it is not a freedom but a privilege extended or not at the property owner's discretion. What is Orwellian is to insist that one may go practice one's religion wherever one chooses without regard to private property - that idea directly implies, like it or not, that Satanists may occupy your living room for their worship.
Neither would they say freedom of religion is restricted to the public square.
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Spot on, Houmatt. Of course the practice one’s religion happens on private property EVERY day of the week. Churches, homes, McDonalds, all over the place. Places that permit it.
But I am flabbergasted at your seeming inability to come to terms with the idea that you cannot waltz onto my private property and set up your Bible study group, if I do not permit it to be done on my property. Either my McDonalds franchise or my home.
Take it out of the McDonalds, and substitute instead, say, an auto dealership repair shop or maybe a technology call center. Do you honestly believe that you can freely enter either one of those establishments and set up a Bible study group without their permission? Would you not be subject to a charge of trespassing? Would that not trump your express desire to practice your religion in that location?