I wonder how far you would claim that private property rights go.
Pretty far.
Even if the property owner or employer has the right to prohibit "an employee to bring a Koran, Pentateuch, New Testament, Bhagavad Gita, Yengishiki, or any other religious text, or the Republican Party Platform, onto ITS private property" - does that apply to a
non-displayed item.
Why not? What does display have to do with what i will allow or not allow to be on my property? Logically, it makes no sense to deny entry to someone carrying a concealed prayer book, I know, but this has nothing to do with logic. If I can ban guns on my own land I can ban books. Why should any "object" carry a legal preference with respect to my ability to bar it from my premises?
Does it apply to a religious text that I may carry
in my wallet? (Yes, I'm trying for an analogy with *concealed* carry.)
Absolutely. Okay, I wouldn't know about it, but then you're in the same position as someone carrying a concealed gun. If I'm not searching you then if you keep quiet I won't know and won't exercise my right to bar you at the entry. Offhand, I do not know of anyone who practices this kind of bar to entry based on anything but weapons of various kinds but I see no difference - it's a "thing" that I can forbid entry to if I so choose.
Even if you are an advocate of private property rights - do you extend
them to trump my personal privacy rights just because I'm on the
property of another?
Yes. If I am "king" of my "castle" then your privacy rights stop at my door. Since frisking you probably violates various touching and assault or battery rules there is another consideration to weigh but if I could detect the banned item I could ask you to leave it outside. I think I could ban wallets on my property if I was so inclined. Enforcing it is another story.
,,,snip....
This would be a different question - items were displayed *and* there
were also activities of the adherents which many did not like. I.e. I
doubt that there could be a right to prevent Hare Krishna adherents from
carrying leaflets in their pockets.
Only because that's illogical and no logically thinking American (I'll limit myself to such folks) bans paper cards in pockets. But on private property I can and will argue that it can be done unless someone can show me precedent that says I'm wrong.
Here's a somewhat more stark example - can someone not ban Satanic books from the bookshelves in his home? Sure. So, his neighbor comes in with a Satanic prayer card in his pocket. Logic dictates that the homeowner won't know so nothing happens. Then the neighbor sees anti-Satanic literature in the house and whips out the card to show how great Satanic prayers are? Can the homeowner require his neighbor to take the item home now that he knows about it? Yes. So, the next time the neighbor comes over to visit our Anti-Satanic friend, does the homeowner now have the right to inquire and to say that the neighbor is forbidden access if he as the card? If not, why not? I think he can.
And now, before I stray too far afield and the Professor dropkicks me, I shall cease typing.... ;-)
***GRJ***
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