Religion is under siege--really! (OP-ED).

Free Inquiry, March, 2003 by Kaminer, Wendy

Religious people claiming they're the victims of excessive secularism generally have about as much credibility as conservatives complaining about the liberal media. America has only a subculture of disbelief, inhabited by a small, maligned minority who probably have less influence on law and policy than marginalized left-wing magazines. Aspiring theocrats, like Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, point to decisions prohibiting official postings of the Ten Commandments or the inclusion of "under God" from the Pledge as proof that courts are zealously keeping God out of government; but more often than not, God is invited in. The Supreme Court has approved the channeling of public funds to private sectarian schools, the Bush administration has been funding private...

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