It's pretty stupid how people can use religion to defend anything. I guess I would consider myself Christian, if anything (kinda just think about how the world works, and what makes the most sense, but what is also possible, even if it doesn't make any sense, but to a reasonable extent), but I don't think that using religion to defend an action should be allowed. You should go by the laws no matter what; no gray line, it should be black or white (so to speak). Your religion should merely be what you believe, nothing more, nothing less.