[MikeSz]

For me this is a largely irresolvable issue as the question centres on establishing how far expression of religion can permeate through a person's everyday interactions with society as a whole in a multicultural society. There are two extreme views, neither necessarily good 1) That people should be entitled to express religious beliefs however and wherever they like (though this is usually qualified by the caveat that it only goes as far as the law or acceptable behaviour is permitted - and there lies your problem) 2) That religion is personal and should not be brought into public life at all. The problem with this is that it would alienate a majority of people to some degree.

In the vast majority of cases a degree of common sense and tact will triumph, enable state institutions to carry out their function and alleviate any offence caused to those who have to interact with them.