Religious Freedom in Europe – When Both Sides Go Too Far
At The Guardian, Linda Woodhead considers the opposing viewpoints of secularists and libertarians on the subject of religious freedom in Europe, which has recently developed into a high-profile issue. Woodhead believes that the positions of both sides are overreaching. Woodhead writes, “When they take their approaches to their logical conclusion, then, both the libertarian and secularist positions go too far. One pushes individual liberty, and sometimes group autonomy, so hard that it denies state and society any space at all.”