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Why ‘Religious Liberty’ Has Ended Up Inside Quotation Marks
Why ‘Religious Liberty’ Has Ended Up Inside Quotation Marks

(OPINION) A recent decision requiring Texas to grant a convicted murderer his Baptist pastor’s audible prayers and comforting touch during his execution was a rare moment in which activists on both sides of America’s culture wars cheered for “religious liberty” — a freedom that until recently didn’t require cynical “scare quotes” that suggest uncertainty.

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