A strange reaction to the USCCB's religious-freedom video

In this summary/review/critique of the USCCB's recently released video on the importance of religious freedom and the reality, and seriousness, of the threats to it, Tom Roberts seems to regard as edgy and ominous what I would have thought is the unremarkable observation by one "Rich" "Gannett" of "Notre Dame University Law School" that "a government that doesn't acknowledge limits in its power to regulate religious institutions is probably going to come after other institutions as well."  Following/ripping off John Courtney Murray (this piece, for example), I've developed this (again, I think fairly straightforward) point in some academic writing (here, for example).

Michael Sean Winters, at Distinctly Catholic, and Anthony Annett, at dotCommonweal, are also critical of the video.  I'll leave it to readers to decide if their criticisms are fair.  It seems to me, though, that it is perfectly appropriate -- indeed, it is necessary -- for the bishops to engage publicly, and to try to "get the word out" as effectively and powerfully as possible, using all the media at their disposal, about the very real and accelerating turn against religious freedom -- which Winters, Annett, and I all agree is a fundamental human right -- in this country.  (Have you read Marc DeGirolami's "Free Exercise by Moonlight," dear reader?  If not, do!)  The urge to label and dismiss such engagement as "culture warrior-ing" or to ignore or minimize the worsening climate for religious freedom should be resisted.