The shameful hypocrisy of our double standards on religion

The New York Times is among the most blatant offenders

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Everyone has blind spots. And some people have bigger blind spots than others. But the people with the biggest blind spots of all? It might be secular liberals, especially when it comes to thinking about conservative forms of Christianity. Their double standards are so egregious that they'd be laughed out of town on any other topic.

The examples are legion. But two in The New York Times over the last week were particularly shameful.

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Damon Linker

Damon Linker is a senior correspondent at TheWeek.com. He is also a former contributing editor at The New Republic and the author of The Theocons and The Religious Test.