The police dpartment in Penryn, PA, has voted to refuse to direct traffic for the YMCA's annual triathlon because the YMCA reads Harry Potter books to the children. "In a letter to the township and the YMCA, [the police chief] challenged the integrity of the YMCA, and questioned whether it was 'serving the will of God' in using the books."

Maybe I'm just a hopeless progressive, and setting aside the highly questionable and asinine notion that stories of good and evil are somehow bad for children if they don't include Jesus, I have a question: when did police protection depend on whether the police department agrees with your religion or not? Isn't that exactly what the Constitution is supposed to guard against?