Your quiz on religious freedom

(RNS) – The nature and extent of religious freedom in the United States has been a contested issue since the middle of the last century and, in recent years, a particularly sensitive one. Apart from court decisions and legal norms, who are your defenders of religious freedom? If you haven’t looked at the topic in the abstract, this quiz will help you gauge your reaction to some of the religious freedom issues the courts have grappled with.

Answer each of the statements in the comments section below with (a) for “yes”, (b) for “no”, (c) for “it depends” and (d) for “not sure”. A subsequent column will analyze the results.

1. Students should have the religious right not to take the oath of allegiance.
2. Service personnel on military bases should be allowed to wear religious headgear, regardless of uniform dress codes.
3. Prisoners should be allowed to wear religious headgear regardless of prison dress codes.
4. Children should have the religious right to go to school without being vaccinated.
5. Individuals should have the right to proselytize in public spaces regardless of anti-solicitation orders.
6. Individuals should have the right to proselytize in semi-public spaces such as shopping malls and baseball stadiums.
7. Teacher-led prayer should be allowed in public schools.
8. Student-led prayer should be permitted at public school assemblies.
9. Business owners should have the religious right to deny service to customers on the basis of their gender.
10. Business owners should have the religious right to refuse service to customers on the basis of race.
11. Pharmacists should have the religious right to refuse to sell contraceptive products to customers.
12. Places of worship should be exempt from zoning regulations.
13. Religious organizations should be exempt from anti-discrimination employment laws.
14. Religious organizations should be exempt from workplace safety regulations.
15. Religious exemptions from vaccination warrants should be allowed under all circumstances.
16. Religious exemptions from vaccination warrants should be allowed if medical exemptions are allowed.
17. Individuals should have the religious right not to work on holy days.
18. Religious organizations should have the same right to request government funding as secular organizations.
19. Women should have the religious right to obtain an abortion regardless of government restrictions.
20. Indigenous peoples should have the religious right to refuse the construction of infrastructure on land they consider sacred.
21. Polygamy should be allowed as a religious right.
22. Listed companies should have religious rights.
23. Religious organizations should have the right to refuse to cover contraceptive services in their health insurance plans.
24. For-profit businesses should have the religious right to refuse to cover contraceptive services in their health insurance plans.
25. There should be a religious right to practice ritual cannibalism.

Additional credit: In 25 words or less, explain the rationale (s) for your answers.