In North American culture, we profess to be accepting of all religions and cultures. While it seems on the surface that this is true, we may actually be moving backward in the sense of religious freedom.
"An employer who fires an individual for being homosexual or transgender fires that person for traits or actions it would not have questioned in members of a different sex."
In the decision the Holman Correctional Facility, "regularly allows a Christian chaplain to be present in the execution chamber." However, Ray is a Muslim convert and wished to have an imam, a religious leader of Islam, to be present at the execution.