[quote]His basis is that the Quran doesn't approve of other religions and he doesn't want a Christian to get a marriage license because he is supposed to hate them but the govenment is forcing him to benefit them with a marriage license.[/quote] Ahh and that's where he will lose. It doesn't approve, it doesn't say something like "oppose". [quote]It's very, very possible, though. If you succeed in letting government officials discriminate based on their religion then anyone can discriminate whoever they want to as long as they have a valid claim that it prevents them from practicing their religion.[/quote] But the hard thing about that is that in very few circumstances, this one actually being the first, where this discrimination is warranted due to religion. And doing what they want her to do is clearly against her religion. The thing is, you have to justify it to your religion, which is hard using direct text but in this case, it's doable. [quote]His hypothetical basis is that because the Bible doesn't allow women to speak, why should they be allowed to do something much more complicated like driving when lives could be at stake?[/quote] He wouldn't have a basis because his religion doesn't say they are allowed to speak. And even so, this is a ridiculous analogy. [quote]Not a conspiracy, just people who have the same beliefs.[/quote] It's illegal and has no basis. [quote]How do you determine wether or not a religion is "official"? Does the constitution define what a religion is and does it decide wether you're allowed to follow it based on wether or not it's official? Why doesn't a made-up religion count?[/quote] I don't, people much more important than me do. The religion has to be official, this I know. You can follow whatever you want to but in court, it's going to be hard to Justify breaking the Law in accordance to a religion that I made up just to break the Law. Again, I don't decided these things, people much more important than me do.