I have no links to offer, but I thank you for highlighting this issue here.  Like the U.S. federal government, the EU here has decided that “religion” is a matter of private ritual and perhaps the occasional symbolic display, but that it cannot be allowed to have anything to do with the conduct of daily living.  “You may have your beliefs,” they say, with a pat on the head, “but keep them to yourselves and don’t bring them to your business or your work.”

I have no links to offer, either, and have been puzzling over these decisions. The only thing I’ve come up with—and I’ve thought this for some time now—is that it is probably a good thing for Christians to be at odds with the government. It seems to me that when Christianity has been the darling of politicians and favored by governments then corruption ensues and it damages the faith.

Christianity does best as a counter-cultural sect that testifies to the Truth and we can only do that when we are set apart. I think that Christians are going to have to grow stronger in community with each other, set up networks and liaisons for work and services, get used to living at odds with society. That’s the way it was in the days of the apostles and I doubt that they expected the Gospel to be popular with the ruling authorities.