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Healthy religion.(America Passes the Religious Test)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
James Q. Wilson, "America Passes the Religious Test," AEI on the Issues, December 2004 (aei.org)
In this brief essay, James Q. Wilson, chairman of AEI's Council of Academic Advisers, refutes those, especially in Europe, who have suggested that the prominence of a "moral values" vote in America's last Presidential election indicates that the U.S. is turning into a religious tyranny.
Wilson points out that moral issues were only one factor in the election, and that "there is not a shred of evidence that the winning candidate waged a moral crusade." As he says, "Both candidates made it plain that, though religion was important to them ... neither wanted to impose his beliefs on others."
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