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The crude critics of faith

The crude critics of faith

The recently leaked emails from Hillary Clinton's campaign confirm what most political observers have long known: that the liberal establishment is contemptuous of faith, tolerates no dissent, and views Roman Catholicism as a particularly ferocious enemy.  Given the left's enthusiastic embrace of big government, this is hardly surprising. Organized religion provides the most effective bulwark against the modern liberal agenda and traditional faith is the last institutional safeguard against the

The recently leaked emails from Hillary Clinton's campaign confirm what most political observers have long known: that the liberal establishment is contemptuous of faith, tolerates no dissent, and views Roman Catholicism as a particularly ferocious enemy.  Given the left's enthusiastic embrace of big government, this is hardly surprising. Organized religion provides the most effective bulwark against the modern liberal agenda and traditional faith is the last institutional safeguard against the…

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