You're picking and choosing your viewpoint now though, its clearly a ridiculous standpoint to take to state that a business can discriminate against anyone or anything, except their own employees - and why would they want to ?

Fact of the matter is that as a business owner you abide by the current laws of the land and there are a myriad of them to comply with, there is no cop-out excuse that says you can ignore them if you were trading before they became law or for any special religious beliefs - your place of business is subject to all laws, its not a pick-and-mix situation.

The fact that their place of business is also their house is totally irrelevant.

Patent rubbish or not, nurses aren't allowed to wear jewellery (my wife is a nurse) so why should a religious person be any different?.

Because some appear to think that religion is special and religious people deserve special treatment.

religous people do deserve derision, they are lunatics, see kirkstaller for details.

I hate, with a passion, his ilk, they offer no value to any society.

Bit strong.
They are allowed to be indoctrinated, unfortunately.

We might as throw this one into the equation.
Prejudice rather than offence.
Six months?