Domingo Soto: Because Freedom Isn't Dumb

WHY SOME CHRISTIANS SUPPORT RILEY'S TAX PLAN
Alabama citizens will vote on a proposal to reform the state’s regressive tax code. Whether or not the measure passes — and both opinion polls and Alabama history suggest it will fail — the story of how a progressive tax initiative became the subject of a statewide referendum, and how it came to be championed by a heretical faction of the religious right, including a conservative Republican governor, has political ramifications that will reverberate long after the vote itself.
(MAKING LIGHT)