Ron...I carefully did not say 'prove', which implies a strict logical connection. I said 'demonstrates', to suggest that Carol's experience was an example of what happens when a class of beliefs is used to attempt to interpretate and manipulate laws. Fortunately, they did not succeed in the long run, although they caused her much distress in the process.

I submit that it should not be necessary to demonstrate immediate and direct harm to any one person or group in order to show that a particular practice is generally unfair and tends to support one religio/cultural group over others.