Religious liberty is, perhaps, the most fundamental liberty that all Americans enjoy. However, you wouldn’t know it looking at the Democratic presidential candidates. They appear to embrace the Obama view of religion. That is, you are free to worship on Sunday. However, following God’s Word in the public square is not permitted if it contravenes Democratic talking points and the Party’s view of how people should think. Obama’s vision of religion was very closely in line with Josef Stalin’s.
Chicago’s Francis Cardinal George once wrote:
“Freedom of worship was guaranteed in the Constitution of the former Soviet Union. You could go to church, if you could find one. The church, however, could do nothing except conduct religious rites in places of worship — no schools, religious publications, health care institutions, organized charity, ministry for justice and works of mercy that flow naturally from a living faith. We fought a long Cold War to defeat that vision of society.”
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