Category: The Secular Right and Its Discontents

Sometimes I am asked how I can combine utter skepticism on religious topics with a conservative political stance, as if the two were somehow inconsistent. Here is an answer.

We are all humanists, but I believe there’s a very good chance those on each side of the progressive/libertarian divide view their counterparts as a little less pure and perfect in their humanistic expression.

The irreconcilable differences between libertarians and secular humanists arise in their viewpoints about government’s role in public life.