Following church-state news typically reveals government officials honestly wrestling with difficult and nuanced issues: of accommodation and tradition; of constitutional interpretation and a careful balance of interests. The issues are often quite complex, the subject matter sensitive, and those engaged in conflict are for the most part thoughtful in wanting to be true to themselves and to the law.
And then election season begins, and there are stories like this one :
Speaking on the Gina Loudon radio program this afternoon, Congressional candidate Ed Martin told listeners that "we have to be very, very aware" of policies pursued by Barack Obama and [Missouri Congressman] Russ Carnahan that will "take away" the freedom to be a Christian.
No, he didn't say which policies.
