Is expediency key to religious freedom?

Recently there have been letters bemoaning the "fact" religious freedoms are being destroyed because a pizza joint was attacked for refusing to deliver pizzas to a gay wedding in order to adhere to their religious principles.

These letters rant about businesses being punished for following the principles of the Bible.

Woman's role is clearly spelled out in the Bible. In Genesis, we are told she was made to be man's helper and throughout the Bible, we are told man is to rule over her. But yet a business is punished for hiring or promoting on the basis of gender.

Are these laws an attack on religious freedom? Or are religious freedoms only important when they fit a political agenda?

Rich Smith

Schaumburg