Religion & Law

As if to underscore Rob's point in this post, the ever-irenic (not) Frank Rich went off today.  Much of the column was devoted to tinfoil-hattery about Prof. Robert George and Princeton's James Madison Program.  (I was -- I confess! -- speaking on Friday at a conference on religious liberty co-sponsored by the Program.  I don't *feel* like a bigot. . . .)  He also trotted out the tired charge that to worry about judicial overreach is to set oneself against Brown v. Board of Ed.  (I imagine our own Michael Perry would -- as would, I am confident, if he could, that scourge of judicial overreach, Abraham Lincoln -- argue otherwise!).

Now, that said, I suspect that Rich is right, and that the movement toward same-sex marriage will continue, notwithstanding the current opposition of most people.  I do wonder, though, whether it will continue in a way that respects religious liberty.  (Should it?)  Rich's column does not provide much reason for optimism.  Stay tuned.