Not to mention how hard it is to take serious the “love” of someone with the bearing and tactics of a witch hunter.
Harvard, in fact, was founded as a divinity school to train people in the Puritan ministry. In many ways, it hasn't deviated from its course; it has just been co-opted by the politically correct crowd of our day who seek to impose their vision on America much as the Puritans did in the days of the Salem Witch Trials.
When I was a kid, it was common for these extreme fundy bigots to spew their hatred mainly at Roman Catholics. That became unfashionable sometime in the 1960's either due to the Kennedy presidency and assassination, their connection with Harvard or what some of these fundies saw as "sheep stealing" with the growth of Mormon converts. The sect which I grew up in (ELCA) was more concerned with fighting Mormons than with the decay which was evident to most of us not plugged into that mission, namely the far left politicization by peaceniks then and the gay lobby now.
Interestingly, these same extreme fundies still look back to the phlisopohical teachings of the Mathers, who were instrumental in perpetuating the Salem Witch Trials.
Another honest Puritan minister sent by the Colony to prosecute was so disgusted by the proceedings that he resigned but remained to witness and record the travesty of justice for posterity. Many of the constitutional protections which we enjoy (no double jeopardy, no cruel and unusual punishment, etc.) actually can be traced to this man's careful record.
His great-grandson became an American Revolutionary War hero. Can anyone name this good Reverend who fought the fundy bigots of 1692?