&gt; That in a reasonably democratic society, the majority makes way for the minority? Otherwise it&#x27;s not a democratic society, it&#x27;s apartheid.<p>Would not an unregulated democratic society not care to cater to the wishes of a minority? In a raw democracy if the majority did not observe Kosher or Halal, that nation would not see an issue with making it illegal. That a minority did follow it would not matter, the majority had ruled.<p>Individual and minority rights are protected in the US is because there are laws in place to restrict the simply majority rule to prevent the above from occurring. Those controls were put in place having recognized the limitations of majority rule in antiquity, it is not a property of a democratic society.<p>Apartheid was racial segregation in South Africa and doesn&#x27;t appear to apply here.