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The George Floyd protests are demonstrations of political power, to be sure, but they are more than that, I think. They are the foundation, or the beginnings of a foundation, of a religious movement in which liberal politics converge with faith put into action, or good works. This religious movement has the potential, I think,…

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The George Floyd protests are demonstrations of political power, to be sure, but they are more than that, I think. They are the foundation, or the beginnings of a foundation, of a religious movement in which liberal politics converges with faith put into action, or good works. This religious movement has the potential, I think,…

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It’s Sunday. With my family, I’m watching online services by the Unitarian Society of New Haven. I’m doing this after having watched a video of an Amish family singing and praying and protesting in Minneapolis the murder of George Floyd by a white cop. Together, these get me to wondering if what we’re seeing is…

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It’s Sunday. With my family, I’m watching online services by the Unitarian Society of New Haven. I’m doing this after having watched a video of an Amish family singing and praying and protesting in Minneapolis the murder of George Floyd by a white cop. Together, these get me to wondering if what we’re seeing is…

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In today’s edition of the Editorial Board, I explain how the Washington press corps, in its aim to be fair and balanced, ends up erasing champions of religious liberty by making the Republicans appear to be the only champions of religious liberty. Case in point: the George Floyd protests featured dozens maybe hundreds of clergy…

Whitewashing religious Democrats

Here are Senate Democrats kneeling in prayer as they honored today the memory of George Floyd with nine minutes of silence. I find this picture moving as well as instructive. It’s not supposed to exist. Democrats can’t exercise faith, because Democrats don’t have any faith, according to people like Dan Patrick, the lt. governor of…