Instead, strenuous efforts to gag Folau have caused the simmering issue of "religious freedom" to erupt across the country, reinvigorating the dangerous push for religious exemption from legal duty. Quite apart from the fact that such a law would too easily sanction invidious "religious" practices like genital mutilation and forced marriage, the notion that intangible belief can set you above the law is profoundly dangerous.
Kunalokho, imizamo ekhathazayo zokunkinya uFolau kudale inkinga ebilayo "yenkululeko yezenkolo" ukuba iqubuke ezweni lonke, okuvuselele ubungozi bokugqugquzela ukukhululwa ngokwezenkolo emisebenzini yezomthetho. Ngaphandle kokuthi lowo mthetho ungase uvuse ulaka ezinqubweni "zenkolo" njengokusoka ezithweni zangasese nomshado oyimpoqo, isimo sokuthi inkolelo engaphatheki ingakwenza ube ngaphezu komthetho siyingozi enkulu.