You don’t have to be a cynic to question the timing of this eruption of God talk. We have an administration that claims to be championing Christian values at a time when news headlines every day expose more rot and corruption within it.

The right to privacy outlined in the Griswold decision gave Americans a powerful shield to fend off intrusive actions by conservative religious groups determined to meddle in our most intimate affairs.

For something like 40 years, Religious Right groups have been sanctimoniously lecturing the rest of us about how character counts and why we need 'godly' men and women in public office. But when put to the test, they tossed that standard aside.