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An interesting case, if anyone has time to read it, is the Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. Hialeah.
Here, a city council initiated ordinances outlawing animal sacrifice. The target of these ordinances were the practitioners of the Santeria faith, whose religious rituals involved such sacrifice.
It is in my opinion worth reading the case itself, and the discussion of religious constitutional rights.
Handling venomous snakes and animal sacrifice as part of religious observance may not be our cup of tea, but care must be exercised so that the ways we treat those who are different that we are do not come back and bite us.
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