[DeweyCA]

The author states that, for many people, religion has not died out in America. It has simply shifted from traditional Christianity to politics. For many young Leftists who have rejected traditional religion, they have chosen to try to fill their search for meaning and a cause bigger than themselves in "wokeness." Their activism fills many of the voids left by them abandoning traditional Christianity. And these new converts want to FORCE others to accept their new-found beliefs.

[DeweyCA]

FTA: The Supreme Court's definition of religion used to require a belief in God, but the Court abandoned that position 60 years ago in Torcaso v. Watkins. Today, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)—which administers Title VII—employs a much more expansive definition: "A belief is 'religious' for Title VII purposes if it is...a 'sincere and meaningful' belief that 'occupies a place in the life of its possessor parallel to that filled by...God.'" "Religious beliefs include . . . non-theistic 'moral or ethical beliefs as to what is right and wrong which are sincerely held with the strength of traditional religious views.'"

[livius]

Great article! I’m amazed that it appeared in Newsweek.

I think that wokeness is beginning to eat its own, and people and organizations are suddenly realizing that they could be next.

[Basket_of_Deplorables]

Good find! And it makes great sense. Lawsuits, anyone?

[NetAddicted]

Peruse later.

[NetAddicted]

I think some of wokeness comes from homosexuals fighting to become worshipped an idolized, and no one is ever to mention that G-d doesn’t approve of their sex lives.

[ckilmer]

people don’t seem to understand that the democrat party has shifted from being a white racist party to being a black racist party.

[Albion Wilde]

This is a brilliantly argued article, with many legal citations. Thanks for posting it.