The issue is not Christian conservatives advocating their views in the public square. The problem, rather, is their claim (at least in places such as The Daily Show or the New York Times) that their Providentialist beliefs and readings of documents from the past represent a kind of legitimate scholarship that should have its place in the public “debate.”
Last week we spoke of the Osama bin Laden, a man who offered nothing but hate; this week, we lost a real Muslim leader, a man who offered hope, compassion, love, and humor.