DNA Proves Existence of a Designer

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I think a more pressing question is why they would need to do so in "context of religion."  There are many other ways to get said protections and exemptions.  This is just my conjecture, but I would suggest it's a competing view point.

It does seem to be the most immediate reason.
As opposition to the religious protections and exemptions. As a wake up call for society to rethink these religious protections and exemptions.
I ask again, why are religions protected and exempted?

Historically, one can argue that the Catholic churches pay their due to the Vatican, given that they're kinda like Embassies of the Vatican State. Fair enough.
But what about all the others? Are they just leeching off of a rule that was never supposed to apply to anyone else? Or is there some other reason?

  With the definition, I think 1.1 and 1.2 would be most applicable, but 1.1 in a lesser amount of cases where people participate with uncertainty, but still practice.  Even in third world countries where they assert values to things, even in nature, and worship them.  That's the thing with religions, there are more out there than we can logically count, and each has it's own versions.  That's why it's easy and sometimes necessary to lump things together.  If not we would have to make a bazillion different versions of the same laws to accommodate everybody.

I think someone did the counting and came up with a number of the order of 4000.

 Bias. But we have a problem when religions share that same bias against each other.  IMO, the best solution is to agree to disagree.  If you want to form an organization and have exemptions, then great, but no reason to tell everybody else they're wrong and don't deserve the same fair treatment that the said religion/group wants.

You could be spot on with 4000. What I said was meant as hyperbole, since the number is high and frequently increases.