The cause of religious liberty is upheld in the West alongside human rights. But in the most recent Westminster Faith Debate, two academics argued that the two concepts are not necessarily synonymousWho could possibly be against religious freedom? The idea of coercing people into a faith, or preventing them from expressing it, has come to seem repulsive. The Catholic Church made an explicit commitment to the principle of religious freedom at the Second Vatican Council and has stood firm ever since. Indeed, both Popes Benedict and Francis have spoken of religious freedom as the most fundamental of all human rights.All the more surprising then that not all the speakers at last week’s Westminster Faith Debate agreed that religious freedom is a virtue. The most outspoken against the con