Blomberg fails to see the irony of his statement: "If we have a society that doesn't respect people's individual and community relationships with their God," he told CNS, "then we're not going to have a society that is going to respect their free speech rights, or their freedom of assembly rights, or the rights to equal protection."
The churches restriction of free speech, assembly, etc is what led to a separation of church and state.  When and where the church had the upper hand, no freedom of speech, etc.  Often pratictioners of such murdered by the a state in collusion and at the behest of the church.
Best for common good of all if religious institution follow the Amish & concentrate on their own practice without forcing it on others as historically.
And behind the push, always is to attack women's rights, especially procreative.
Churches, especially Roman, Orthodox, and Islamic mosques are redoubts of patriarchy.