But it wasn’t only ignorance on view in the chatter about Rubio’s public acknowledgment of his faith. There was also plenty of anti-Christian politicized animus.
The basic assumption was that it is somehow inappropriate (read: non-progressive) to show up in public bearing the signs or symbols of the Christian religion. «Pride» flags declaring one’s allegiance to the church of exotic sexuality are just fine, as are badges announcing one’s solidarity with Islam or other species of anti-Semitic, anti-Western sentiment. But show up decorated with a black cross on Ash Wednesday and you are somehow challenging the orthodoxy of secular progressivism.
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