“It is disconcerting that so many Republicans consider
those who aren’t Christians to be less than fully American. But 35% of
Democrats—most of them racial and ethnic minorities—feel the same way. While
the Constitution imposes no religious test for citizenship and bars it for
public office, American society does impose an informal if often tacit test for
full membership in the community. Closing the gap between the American civic creed
and public social attitudes might lower the heat-to-light ratio in politics.”—William
Galston, “Alienated Republicans, Moderate Democrats,”
The Wall Street Journal,
Nov. 3, 2021
The accompanying photo of William Galston was taken
Jan. 8, 2012, at a Civics Ed panel at the Brookings Institution by Medill DC.
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