One of the principles that this country was founded on was freedom to "practice" whatever religion one wants to "practice"... The entire concept of "practicing" implies that thes freedom is based on a transcient verb, meaning that one must actually make some effort to "do" something...
It's beyond my comprehension that anyone who believes in the peremise that Americans have the freedom to practice a religion oif their choice can make any statement that narrows that freedom...
In other words, to brand anyone newborn as a Catholic, a Jew , a Christain, or whatever, is inherently un-American...
And given the nature of a post 9/11 world is nothing but a cheap and juvenilistic endeavor...