Religious liberty doctrine now licenses minority-led establishment of the dominant religion

Evidence

Following the logic from beginning to end, it all amounts to saying that the “religious liberty” of the majority—or, at least, of the group that perceives itself to be in the majority, or maybe just a belligerent minority that happens to hold the reins of power—justifies the establishment of their religion. The only restriction—which turns out to be not much of a restriction at all—is that you can’t force other people to kneel by law. You can just send them a very clear message that the people with power, and those who hope to remain in their favor, all happen to belong to the “correct” religion. Everyone else, apparently, will just have to suck it up. That, more or less, is what Joseph Richardson discovered in Winter Garden. — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 842

Categorization

• XREF: Pays off the book’s recurring claim that ‘a ten-percent cohort’ minority drives the movement. — connects to: Religious establishment was legally redefined as private individual speech — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the…, 839; Christian nationalists openly avow a ten-percent minority can seize power — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the…, 651; Religious minorities become politically suspect when religion ties to national identity (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Christian nationalists openly avow a ten-percent minority can seize power #complicates (0.82) — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 651
• Religious minorities become politically suspect when religion ties to national identity #complicates (0.75)