Religious Freedom

 

“Religious freedom should work two ways: we should be free to practice the religion of our choice, but we must also be free from having someone else’s religion practiced on us.”

 

—John Irving, novelist (Thanks to alert WORDster Tony Seton)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Editorial Comment: Private piety, please.

 

 

 

 

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