" 'What's
next?' David French asks. 'The belief that public figures should not
teach Sunday School? Serve in domestic or foreign missions?' Once you
start down this path, where do you draw the line? Make no mistake: this is the
canary in the coal mine when it comes to religious freedom. The far Left wants
to push Christian education and Christian institutions into some sort of
spiritual ghetto, and then bar those people from the public square. That's
profoundly un-American and an unconstitutional reverse religious test. Yet here
is the other side, pushing hashtags like #ExposeChristianSchools.
Guess what? There's nothing to expose that isn't in the plain text of
Scripture.
Private
schools are exactly that: private. No one is forcing children to go there. In
fact, most families make great sacrifices to afford the kind of education that
instills the values America's public schools will not. There isn't another version
of the First Amendment for people in public office. Karen Pence has just as
much right to live and work by her faith as any American. 'If Lois Romano
[or any other critic] wants to argue against Christian theology, then have at
it,' French writes. 'Most Christians I know welcome the dialogue. But
if they want to condemn a woman for the free exercise of her Christian faith?
If they want to argue that there's something inherently wrong with orthodox
Christians' associating, worshipping together, and teaching their children?
Well, then they're exhibiting a deep intolerance that's at odds with pluralism
itself.'
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