Your views on religion are clear but the point of the article is that the symptoms are not really a problem. There is no crime. Any real crime such as abuse of women or children is handled by other laws. Courts are not trying to shutdown the church. They are applying the law. Perhaps an outdated one like the ban on homosexuality, marijuana, or liquor (1930's).

Many religions have practices at odds with our social norms (Jehovah Witnesses do not take blood transfusions, etc). So long as they do not infringe on the rights of others I feel they should be allowed.