Ah, Lord, if I doubt You, it is perhaps because You hide Yourself so well. - Jack McDevitt

He was usually easygoing, one of those guys with little respect for authority because of a conviction that people in charge tend to do stupid things.

During his sixty-odd years, he had found there were as many louts in the patrician classes as there were ignoramuses farther down the social spectrum.

I'm not optimistic," he said. "The issue clearly flies in the face of the First Amendment. People have a right to tell kids whatever they want about religion."
"Do they have a right to push human sacrifice?"
"Of course not, Mac. But this isn't human sacrifice. It's just a church school."
"I'm not sure the effect isn't similar.