A small win for the free exercise of religion

Published June 19, 2021 4:01am ET



When House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a lifelong Catholic, was questioned on how she could support compelling the Little Sisters of the Poor to violate their consciences by forcing them to provide birth control coverage, she gave a revealing answer: “I do my religion on Sundays.”

Former President Barack Obama, on occasion, made a similar slip. When speaking of the First Amendment, Obama said, “Freedom of worship.”

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