Mulder on "Sex, Drugs, and Religious Liberty"

My friend and former student, Carissa Mulder, has a nice piece up at Public Discourse, "Sex, Drugs, and Religious Liberty," which surfaces a number of the "big picture" issues that sit just beneath our debates about the HHS mandate and so on.  A bit:

Why . . . does it seem that a growing number of Americans view religious liberty with suspicion, if not outright hostility? The problem is that many Americans are offended by the existence of an opposing view. The fact that someone, somewhere, dares to voice disapproval of their sexual behavior is, it now seems, offensive in and of itself. Studied non-judgmentalism is one of the hallmarks of contemporary American culture, with departures viewed as gauche at least or, more commonly, as an illegitimate attack on the sacrosanct individual. If you doubt this, please try telling a group of largely secular thirty-somethings that you believe cohabitation is wrong and see what response you receive. . . .