When Belief Becomes a Crime, Every Faith Is at Risk

When Belief Becomes a Crime, Every Faith Is at Risk

(Editor's Note: The following opinion column contains certain language some readers may find offensive.)  I have hanging on the wall of my home a copy of George Washington's famous letter to the Hebrew congregation of Newport, Rhode Island in 1790. In it he assures the tiny Jewish community of Rhode Island that the United State government will give "to bigotry no sanction." He wished that the "children of the flock of Abraham, who dwell in this …