As I sit here, an old working-class guy, I can’t help but chuckle at the way some of my fellow Americans wield their faith like a weapon. You know the type: the right-wing, God-fearing zealots who claim divine retribution every time a hurricane hits or a wildfire rages. "God is angry," they say, "and it's because of the libs, the queers, or whoever else…
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