"To imply that religious believers have no right to engage moral questions in the public square or at the ballot is simply to establish a Reichian secularism as our state faith"
- Maggie Gallagher
About this Quote
This quote by Maggie Gallagher is referring to the concept that religious followers need to not be enabled to engage in moral questions in the general public square or at the tally. She is arguing that this would be akin to establishing a Reichian secularism as the state faith. Reichian secularism is a kind of secularism that looks for to omit religion from public life and to limit the impact of religious beliefs on public law. Gallagher is arguing that this would be an offense of spiritual flexibility and would be an affront to religious believers. She is recommending that religious believers need to be permitted to take part in moral concerns in the public square and at the ballot, which they should not be excluded from taking part in public life.
"If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in a body to which the people send one hundred and fifty lawyers, whose trade it is to question everything, yield nothing, and talk by the hour?"
