Barr Speaks at Notre Dame: Can We have Liberty Without Faith?

Attorney General William Barr recently gave a lecture at the law school at Notre Dame University about the necessity of the Christian faith in establishing but also sustaining civil society. In a plurality of beliefs, where do we turn for the foundation of society? Hodges and Vowell discuss the lecture itself, and whether giving such a lecture breaks the "establishment" clause or is making use of the "free-exercise" clause of the First Amendment, and whether he is right in saying that faith is necessary for freedom.

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Recommendations: AG Barr's ND speech: transcription, and video
oppositional viewpoints: Catholic National Reporter, NYT, and Rod Dreher's support here.

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