Posted on 10/19/2019 8:43:59 PM PDT by fwdude
Attorney General William Barr delivered one of the most exceptional speeches in modern memory at the University of Notre Dame recently. Judging from his detractors, it seems his remarks landed heaviest on those mystified by the idea of religious neutrality.
Barr began his remarks by noting that his office not only defends the free exercise of religion, but also guards against “states misapplying the Establishment Clause in a way that discriminates against people of faith.”
He invoked the words of the Founding Fathers to demonstrate that the authors of the Constitution believed that a moral standard was essential to the success of a self-governed people. Indeed, the Framers feared the loss of a common moral restraint on human will.
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Please God protect him. This administration. Continue exposing and casting out the moles - and carry the righteous through to the next term. In Jesus’ name.
A very nice major jab at the Communists of Academia.....
I watched this a couple of days ago - he is a “dry” presenter and it is an hour long - but, my, what he said rang so true. I’m glad it is finally getting some press. The fist 20 minutes lays the ground for the problems today and what we can expect if this does not change. He remains concerned that the pendulum will not swing back by itself this time.
I don’t get “militant” secularists.
I was secular for some years in my life.
It never occurred to me to have disdain for religious folks or their beliefs.
And I certainly don’t see it happening again at this point in my life, but even if I lost my faith i would STILL want Christianity to be the backbone of this country because that is what makes it thrive.
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