WCAT Radio The Open Door (September 22, 2017)

Religion in the Public Square. As a Christian Democratic party, we affirm that religious values have played an important role in the history and culture of the United States of America. We also recognize that many of the earliest American settlers were persecuted religious minorities, and respect the long history of religious liberty that has been an essential component of our national identity.We, therefore, support:Laws that allow people of all faiths to practice their religion without intimidation in either their private and public lives. We oppose strains of aggressive secularism that seek to remove all traces of religious identity from the public sphere.The free exercise of religion as the right to fully live out the dictates of one’s faith. We believe that there is more to the First Amendment’s guarantee of the free exercise of religion than the mere “freedom to worship.”Special note: No Show was Recorded or Aired on September 15, 2017.