The problem with ‘sincerely held religious beliefs’ | Freethought Today - Jim Curtis:

A recent claim being made by litigants and lawmakers as a legal justification to deny rights to certain minorities is that the claimants’ “sincerely held religious beliefs” give them an exemption from equal-opportunity laws. Two of the most visible cases in the public eye involve denial of services to gays and denial of health care to females by their employers...
https://www.freethoughttoday.com/vol-36-no-03-april-2019/jim-curtis-the-problem-with-sincerely-held-religious-beliefs