The line is drawn by the courts. You don't get automatic protection, you have to go to court to get it.

If the state can show compelling interest, then they are not protected.

These laws don't give you the right to say "We don't serve your kind here." at a public accommodation. That would be a violation of the law. You are not exempt from complying with laws where the government has a compelling interest.

What is somewhat amusing is that when the Federal law that provides the same protection as these State laws was passed under Clinton, it was to allow the use of ceremonial drugs in Native American rituals and the Amish to avoid some building codes.

Render unto God what is due God, and render unto Caesar what is due Caesar.

Not exactly separation of church and state, but a recognition that they are not one and the same, and that following the Law (Caesar) is not automatically a sin.

That said, I really don't understand the controversy. Why should someone be forced to participate in a ceremony that is not something they agreed to be part of willingly?

Go somewhere else.

Refusing service at a place of public accommodation is not, nor has ever been, covered by these laws.

*shrug*

he can say whatever he wants, he hasn't experienced it.

And the plural of anecdote is not data, so his opinion has the same weight as mine.

For the same reason water boils in your microwave so efficiently.

How do they defend themselves against Englishmen armed with bananas?

Want to prevent someone from trying to commit suicide?

Do things that increase the chances of survival/failure. It is the one thing we are afraid of when trying to commit suicide, that we might survive the attempt. It is the one thing that stopped me. What if I survive this?

The video camera might help with that, by alerting ground controllers that something is wrong and taking over the plane remotely, unlocking the door, whatever.

Everyone will take a piece of the pie... until there is no more pie.

Probably needs a holiday at the beach, and it will be right as rain.

Google keyboard o-rings.
Does not make the keyboard totally silent, but it is a big improvement.

They don't die, the connector becomes obsolete.

Probably because they don't want to pay licensing for the sticker that says "POSIX Inside"

The stuff I use is slightly frosted if it is not stuck to something directly, and there is enough of an air gap to keep it frosted.

Scotch "Invisible" tape, ironically.

I use regular cellophane tape. It is opaque enough to destroy the image, clear enough not to be exactly sure why. Looks like a heavy smudge of grease/oil, like you touched it while eating fries or something.