People don't tend to think of public rtoorsems, or any bathroom for that matter, in the religious sense. However, public "baths" were originally developed because of the religious significance of waters ability to wash away evil spirits.Some religions don't believe in birth control, and we have a lot of bathrooms with changing tables. Are our public institutions promoting families? You could ban Muslims from washing their feet in sinks. Good luck enforcing that! The primary concerns is over hygiene. I don't think anyone was sitting around one day and thought, "I feel like getting criticized today. I wonder how can we make it look like we are promoting one religion over another."Hey, since public rtoorsems usually accommodate lots of people of the same sex at one time, maybe our public institutions are also promoting homosexuality? (ahem, Senator Craig).