Don't let the 'Q shaman' and his antics trivialize the importance of protecting religious freedoms

Lindsay Beyerstein squares Jacob Chansley's shtick with the Constitution.

Jacob Chansley, the “self-initiated shaman” who charged into the US Capitol wearing a horned headdress and carrying a six-foot spear, has been moved to a jail in Virginia that can accommodate his request for an all-organic diet. Chansley’s lawyer had argued that his client’s shamanic faith requires him to eat only organic food, or suffer physical conseq…