Congratulations, We Finally Found a Way to Make the First Amendment Argue With Itself
There are few things in American politics more reliable than taking a perfectly understandable idea, putting it through a committee, wrapping it in patriotic language, and sending it back into the world as something that immediately starts an argument at Thanksgiving dinner. Enter the Religious Liberty Commission. Now, on paper, "religious liberty" sounds like one of those concepts nobody should object to. Freedom to worship—or not worship—is one of the defining principles of the country. It's right there in the Bill of Rights. It has survived wars, depressions, technological revolutions, and whatever social media has become. Protecting religious freedom is about as American as complaining about taxes while driving on taxpayer-funded roads. The problem is that every few decades somebody decides protecting religious liberty isn't exciting enough. No, now we need to redefine it. Expand it. Clarify it. Improve it. Because apparently one of the shortest amendments ever wr...
