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Bringing the concept of "democracy" into any debate about religion is futile in the extreme. Any established religion is the polar opposite of "democratic". No religious group "elects" its leaders, god figures, or whatever, no public-spirited body of people establish the "rules", and any religious group seems to want the whole world and its mother to bend over backwards to support their so-called "rights". By their very nature, religions are dogmatic, totalitarian, and governed by traditional principles with no (or very little) room for flexibility.
The answer is stupidly simple - give people a choice. Hey doesn't God advocate the use of FREE WILL? Why not impose the ability to practice free will? Let the boat run - if you fancy a Sunday sailing, you can have one. If your Sunday is reserved for religious endeavours and worship, then simply don't use the boat. How can it be easier?? But it cannot be this way can it? I don't claim to know a great deal about this story but it does look like the "secular" use of this boat on a Sunday offends the senses of the Christians, hence the problem.
It really doesn't matter one atom if the Christian fraternity represent the majority or the minority. This isn't about democratic processes. They represent a faith, and that means that they will defend their rights to tradition above all else, no matter what proportion they represent. In our dumbed-down PC-crazy paranoid world, who in their right mind would want to offend anyone from any faith? Well, except me of course!