McGurn: A Lincoln Chafee Christmas

The Wall Street Journal, December 3, 2012

…All of which only makes the labors of the Becket Fund more pressing, not only for the cause of religious liberty but for an America truly tolerant of its full diversity. Mr. Rassbach cites the famous aphorism attributed to Voltaire: “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” In our time, he dryly suggests, it is the people of the churches, temples and synagogues who have banded together to work for that kind of society.