GOP’s Non-Protestant Ticket Changes Meaning of ‘Values’
Writing for CNN, Stephen Prothero notes the decline of Protestant domination of American politics. In the past, to “speak of ‘values’ during a presidential campaign or a congressional debate was to speak of Protestant ‘values.’” Prothero writes, “As our population becomes more religiously diverse, and our public square with it, we will increasingly be asking, ‘which God?’ and ‘whose values?’”