A religious case can be made for just about any sort of inhumanity to man. In the distant past, the Confederacy used biblical passages to support slavery. Their motto was "with God our vindicator".   Up until very recently there were laws on the books in most states against "race mixing" placed into effect by Christians who had been informed by the bible.  This particular matter adds credence to the argument put forth by  Christopher Hitchens that  "religion poisons everything" even cakes.