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I was in Washington just before the Iraq war began and was invited to speak to groups of senators of both parties. The most obvious distinction between the Democrats and the Republicans was that the Republicans used exclusively religious language.
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Now I come back to Britain and discover another kind of “anschluss” of liberal values in the face of resurgent religious demands. It seems we need to fight the battle for the Enlightenment all over again in Europe too.

http://comment.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=603426