It's a form of lip service that that society (until now) has chosen to pay to its orthodox minority. It may seem unusual if you're from the U.S... but the (at

It's a form of lip service that that society (until now) has chosen to pay to its orthodox minority. It may seem unusual if you're from the U.S... but the (at least nominally) strict equivalence of religious beliefs and communities under the law we have (and take for granted) here is, on the world stage, actually a very peculiar thing, indeed.