National Post:
Free speech is properly understood as part of a broader set of liberties rooted in the nature of the human person. That’s why Steyn argues for the full heritage of Western liberty, going back to Magna Carta, the 800th anniversary of which we mark this year. The Magna Carta begins with religious liberty, because it was precisely that Christian heritage of reflection on the origin and destiny, creation and vocation of the human person which gave rise to the recognition of man’s dignity as the secure foundation for human rights.
Theological reflection by U.S. media is always partially formed and usually embarrassingly skewed.