WHAT WOULD YOU SAY: Is Religious Freedom Just an Excuse to Discriminate Against Others?

There is a view that is common among academic and media types that people who passionately advocate on behalf of religious freedom are really just hiding their desire to discriminate against others behind the First Amendment.

Aside from being a deeply cynical view, this contention fails to understand basic tenets of the Christian faith and constitutional law, to say nothing of American and Western history.

The Colson Center’s Brook McIntire offers three solid reasons why it is in fact societies that respect religious freedom that are healthier and freer than those, like China, Iran and North Korea, that restrict religious freedom:

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