#  Does “Religious Freedom” Deserve Scare Quotes? | Religion Dispatches 

 





October 21, 2016

 

 

> As a seasoned editor and journalist who spent her career reporting on marginalized communities, I’m generally wary about the use of so-called scare quotes in writing intended for a broad audience. Placing a legitimate phrase or concept in quotes is the textual equivalent of adding air quotes and rolling one’s eyes—like when we talk about Donald Trump’s support for so-called traditional marriage. (He’s such a proponent of the Biblical definition of marriage he’s been married three times, after all!)

Source: *[Does “Religious Freedom” Deserve Scare Quotes? | Religion Dispatches](http://religiondispatches.org/does-religious-freedom-deserve-scare-quotes/)*



 

 

 



 

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