Are religious individuals and arguments disadvantaged by certain intellectual arguments in our legal system?  Prof. Francis Beckwith, a professor of Philosophy & Church-State Studies at Baylor University, argues that "secular rationalism" has arisen in intellectual circles as a means of dismissing the argumentation of religious individuals on a variety of social and legal issues.  He explains the concept of "secular rationalism," why scholars adhering to it tend to dismiss religious...

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