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Originally Posted by icarus
I guess the answer would be that refusal of gay marriage has a bona fide religious basis, is therefore covered by the freedom of religion article, and hence is creditable as a competing charter value.
I guess the question would be more difficult if there was some religion that advocated racial discrimination, but I think it would be a question of fact that would have to be proven in court that racial discrimination is indeed a crucial tenet of that religion. I think that would be unlikely.
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Mormonism is a good case for this as in their early years they were openly racist towards darker skinned people. Their is also lots of racism in the Book of Mormon.
Link. Nowadays most mormons are not racist but if someone wanted they could make case for racial discrimination if so inclined.