OPINION — A recent letter defended the influence of Christianity in public affairs. The author included the statements, "Religious morality is condemned as ‘sectarian’ while secular progressive ideology advances under the camouflage of ‘neutrality.’ But that is not neutrality. It is secular privilege."
Let's parse this out. Nobody is condemning religious morality, so let's eliminate that phrase. Calling secular ideology "progressive" is just adding a label meant to demean, so we take that out. "Neutrality" is not a "camouflage," it is how the Constitution demands we act under the First Amendment. Finally, the phrase "secular privilege" suggests an unfair weighting towards neutrality when in fact this is what our Constitution requires.
So, we are essentially left with the complaint that the Constitution puts up an inconvenient barrier to those who wish to force religious (and particularly Christian) principles onto those who don't share that (or any) religious belief system. Sorry, but not sorry.
