Where did I say you aren&#x27;t free to refuse? I just said he&#x27;s not asking you to adhere to his faith. That&#x27;s an uncharitable and unreasonable description of somebody making a simple request for a favor. Trying to demonize people who live differently from us with alarmist exaggerations like &quot;He&#x27;s asking me to adhere to his faith&quot; is toxic to conversation.<p>I&#x27;ve swapped seats with people tons of times. Never for this reason, but maybe they wanted to sit next to their friend or whatever, and it didn&#x27;t negatively affect me. It&#x27;s much more common than having to change your shirt in public. But if you don&#x27;t want to, that&#x27;s OK too. My point is just that this guy wasn&#x27;t exactly starting a new Crusade.