"Most recently, the president's reluctance to offend Senator Rick Santorum - a Catholic theocrat who believes that states should have the power to arrest gay lovers in their bedrooms, or even to criminalize couples who use contraceptives - was an occasion to wonder what, exactly, Mr. Bush was born-again into."

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Source: God and George W. Bush. www.nytimes.com. May 17, 2003.

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Bill Keller is a prominent journalist and former executive editor of The New York Times, known for his insights on truth and accountability in media.

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