> Can you really just say "religion!" and then do whatever you want? Whether or not you can do so really depends on what "religion!" you're actually claiming,

> Can you really just say "religion!" and then do whatever you want? Whether or not you can do so really depends on what "religion!" you're actually claiming, and the biases of the people involved in trying your case. What this kind of thing _usually_ signals in the US is "a conservative Christian is discriminating against an LGBT person in some way, and claiming that their first amendment freedom of religion rights are being violated if they aren't allowed to continue discriminating." And basically that succeeds sometimes, because Christianity is the dominant religion in the country; but more so because the vocal part of Christianity that is rabidly anti-LGBT is surprisingly well-funded and surprisingly oft-found in places that matter. In this case, the federal court of appeals.