Jeffrey Toobin says "William P. Barr just gave the worst speech by an Attorney General of the United States in modern history. Speaking at the University of Notre Dame last Friday, Barr took 'religious liberty' as his subject, and he portrayed his fellow-believers as a beleaguered and oppressed minority." The inherent flaw in this, of course, is that Barr is lecturing us about morality while simultaneously defending every single thing Donald Trump has ever done.
Almost every time I come across anyone complaining about attacks on their religious liberty, what I hear is "It's unfair to me that someone isn't recognizing that my interpretation of my religion is the only truth in the world."
It's true of course that the share of adults who self-identify as Christians has declined about twelve percentage points — and that's a lot — over the last decade. That is, if you believe Pew Research and a few other pollsters. Barr thinks that's due to some organized attack on the religion. I think it's because so many people who call themselves Christians say and do things in opposition to the teachings of Christ. You know, like sanctioning torture, not helping the sick or poor, major league hating, caring more about the Money Changers than the Money Needers, etc….