Wednesday, February 15, 2012


'We try to respect religious beliefs' - NY Times columnist rewrites Constitution

'We try to respect religious beliefs' - Top New York Times columnist rewrites the Constitution

by Albert Mohler
www.AlbertMohler.com
February 14, 2012

Columnist Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times has emerged as one of the most influential journalists and public intellectuals of our times. He has been the voice of conscience on many issues of human rights and foreign affairs, and he has won two Pulitzer Prizes for his reports, books, and commentaries on world affairs.

A graduate of Harvard University and a Rhodes Scholar, Mr. Kristof sees the world from an elite point of reference, and his column in The New York Times is mandatory reading for anyone concerned with human rights and human dignity.

His keen sensitivity to human rights concerns is what makes his column published in the February 12, 2012 edition of the paper so perplexing - and so offensive.

Nicholas Kristof writes movingly and urgently of human rights violations all over the world, but this recent column reveals his apparent willingness to deny human rights here at home, on a matter right at the center of the American understanding of human rights - religious liberty.

Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org

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