January 28, 2013

The Religious War on Freedom

Bruce Gourley, Associated Baptist Press

What is the enemy of religion? While evil is often the answer, a poll focused on religious liberty in America and released this month by the Barna Group points in a much different direction.

When asked if all citizens should be allowed freedom of conscience, more than 86 percent of all respondents answered affirmatively. Yet this apparent nearly universal embrace of religious freedom for all is entirely at odds with the responses given to certain other questions.

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