In the Wall Street Journal: ‘Liberalism: Believers Need Not Apply’

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Joseph Morris

President at Lincoln Legal Foundation

Born and reared in Gary, Indiana, Joseph Morris earned his A.B. and J.D. degrees from the University of Chicago. He held several positions in the Reagan administration, and heads the Lincoln Legal Foundation — “individual liberties, limited, constitutional government.” He is also on the board of advisers of the conservative Federalist Society, and is a former managing editor of The American Spectator. Over the years, he has held leadership positions in the Republican Party, including president of the United Republican Fund Illinois.

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Tim Farron, the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party in the U.K., was forced by his party to resign as its leader in the House of Commons yesterday because he believes things about ethics and morals that Christians (and I might add Jews) traditionally believe.

“Diversity” and “multi-culturalism” have their limits, it turns out, and authentic Christianity and Judaism seem to be beyond the pale.

The Wall Street Journal’s London-based editorial writer Sohrab Ahmari brilliantly told the sad and repugnant tale on Friday in an op-ed essay in the Journal.

Note that Mr. Ahmari usefully reported on recent parallel episodes in the United States, cases that are all the more shameful because this republic’s Constitution has a provision expressly prohibiting religious tests for public office.