Religious freedom, the the hundredth time, was never meant to mean this. It was meant to mean that the government cannot prosecute or persecute a person for their beliefs, even if they are not protestant. That is all.
"Objects in history may be closer than they appear" – Eeyore for Vlad
This PC bullcrap has gone too far. No one should be allowed to conceal their face in public and no one should be allowed to legally carry concealed knives in public. Next they’ll be allowing mass sacrifice of animals in the streets, then people sacrifices like beheading. We are quickly being converted into a third world by indiscriminate immigration policies and by cultural suicide (multiculturalism) better known as shear stupidity. Let your politicians know how angry you are. Don’t just scream at the computer, hold their elected feet to the fire.
I carry a pocket knife, I would never think about carrying on into a court of some government commission.