But for those of you who may not have been following this all that closely, I highly recommend that you read
this fascinating piece by Rick Perlstein from a couple of months ago, if you haven't already. We often say the right plays a long game, but I doubt that most people know just how long. This "religious freedom" con game goes back over
50 years, to 1961, when the Supreme Court struck down the Maryland Constitution's requirement of "a declaration of belief in the existence of God" to hold "any office of profit or trust in this state."