Prayer shaming and San Bernardino

There is a particular disdain for religion that has been simmering among some progressives and liberals for quite some time.  Generally, this view stems from a frustration that there is a group of people in this country that see something other than government as their primary authority and source of life. Then-candidate Barack Obama exemplified this attitude in 2008 with his now-famous statement that working-class Midwesterners "cling to guns or religion" to explain his difficulty in garnering

There is a particular disdain for religion that has been simmering among some progressives and liberals for quite some time.  Generally, this view stems from a frustration that there is a group of people in this country that see something other than government as their primary authority and source of life. Then-candidate Barack Obama exemplified this attitude in 2008 with his now-famous statement that working-class Midwesterners "cling to guns or religion" to explain his difficulty in garnering…