"For democrats, it's as crucial to defend secular culture as to preserve secular law. And in fact the two projects are inseparable: When religion defines morality, the wall between church and state comes to be seen as immoral."
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Ellen Willis, "Freedom from Religion," The Nation (February 19, 2001)
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