I think it's, uh, becoming increasingly clear to a lot of believers that this administration is not just indifferent to people of faith, it's hostile. And that's not something I say lightly, uh, I say that with a great burden in my heart to even have uttered the words. But how else can you look at it, if the government can tell the Catholic Church what it must do, how it must practice, what it must do to accommodate the government mandate, then the next time the government may say that Baptists can't, uh, maybe the Baptists won't be able to immerse because the EPA will determine that's using too much water.Actually, I think it's a bit more like telling Baptist business owners that they're not allowed to forcibly baptize their employees just because you're the guy who signs their checks. Since when does "religious freedom" mean you get to dictate other people's choices based on your own religion, and not theirs?
Oh right, since forever. Because to most folks religious freedom is just another way of saying "my religion is better than yours, heathen, so do what I say."
Incidentally, I remember back when we Catholics were truly hated by evangelicals. I think that was way back in the days of Every Single Issue Except This One. But if there's one thing all conservative groups can agree on, it's that their religious freedom requires all other Americans have less religious freedom than they do.
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