The only difference is that it is (for the moment) a local rather than national assault<\/a>. \u00a0Christians should be as ready to defy Caesar about this as we are to defy him about being force to pay for abortion. \u00a0Because they are both assaults on the least of these.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The only difference is that it is (for the moment) a local rather than national assault. \u00a0Christians should be as ready to defy Caesar about this as we are to defy him about being force to pay for abortion. \u00a0Because they are both assaults on the least of these.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[587],"class_list":["post-55694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-the-least-of-these"],"yoast_head":"\n
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