Colorado Is Considering European-Style Repression of Religion

The world wars of the 20th century disabused Americans of the notion that oceanic barriers between our nation, Europe, and Asia could effectively isolate us from the rising tide of fascism and imperialist aggression. Today, we are reminded again that — despite our republic’s firm foundation upon the principles of ordered liberty, inherent dignity, and individual rights of men as image-bearers of God — America is not immune to the authoritarian impulse.

We may look on with mawkish disbelief at the censorship and the criminalization of dissent in Europe, but we should do so accompanied by the cold realization that persecution is closer to home than we might have thought.

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Lathan Watts

Lathan Watts is the vice president of public affairs for Alliance Defending Freedom (@ADFLegal) and its sister organization ADF Action.

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The world wars of the 20th century disabused Americans of the notion that oceanic barriers between our nation, Europe, and Asia could effectively isolate us from the rising tide of fascism and imperialist aggression. Today, we are reminded again that — despite our republic’s firm foundation upon the principles of ordered liberty, inherent dignity, and individual rights of men as image-bearers of God — America is not immune to the authoritarian impulse.

We may look on with mawkish disbelief at the censorship and the criminalization of dissent in Europe, but we should do so accompanied by the cold realization that persecution is closer to home than we might have thought.