To which extent should religious freedom exist?

Excellent post! It sounds like you know exactly what I'm referring to when I ask people to stop trying to be offended lol.

Thank you for the kind words from you both. and you,jedi,just described what parents teach children we look like,and as you are pagan,you understand what harm is caused by these teachings,but as this is many hundreds of years of pursecution,even today,people are still afraid of that which they do not understand. And I find this is true of all religious beliefs.

I agree with this. People have GOT to start SELF censoring. If YOU personally don't like something, don't look at it. Don't listen to it. Don't read it. Don't get involved with it. Don't shop there. ETC ETC ETC! It's quite simple. Don't get the arrogant idea that just because YOU dislike or hate something or are against it that the person in FAVOR of it is purposely TRYING TO OFFEND YOU. This is not true, and it likely isn't about you at all. There are things I don't like. Doesn't mean I am personally offended and think that someone who LOVES it HATES me or is trying to hurt me or make me feel bad or get me upset or angry, etc. They probably have no idea I even exist plus my opinion shouldn't matter to them nor theirs to me. What I see instead is someone hates something they try to get it banned, which interferes with OTHER PEOPLES' enjoyment of (insert thing here). I think THIS is not fair which is why I am against censorship and banning of pretty much anything. Several examples - I don't smoke and I wouldn't personally have an abortion, but I am completely in support of smokers' rights and the rights of women to have final say over their own bodies. If I don't support free choices I am in essence cutting off my own foot down the road. I mean just because someone else hates a book I love or hates a tv show I watch or hates a video game or a musician or whatever, I don't believe in any way, shape, or form that THEIR OPINION OR DISLIKE should translate into anything that affects ME, so they should take their hate and keep it to themselves!

I agree that it doesn't seem he was breaking a law by wearing a costume. I really think people make much more of how people dress (or costumes) than they should, and that figures into what I said about how some people TRY to be offended so of course any little thing that could offend them is more likely to as a result. As far as separation of church and state, I really wish it went a little farther than just no national 'religion' per se. I really wish it meant that people couldn't harrass and push their religion on others, because that in a nutshell is what's responsible for a lot of anger, wars, issues, etc that exist.

Now, do you think that Jesus would be angry? Well, I think no and if they thought of that kind, forgiving soul, they would realize that he would not want that.

Separation of Church & State is not found in the constitution, it was in a Letter written by Thomas Jefferson. The consitution simply states the government will not form a national "state" religeon.