Against Consensus (in France)

Consensus isn't just overrated. It's dangerous. An illustration from France tells us why.

I have been in France this week. I was talking to a French journalist, and she made the (quite correct) point that there is broad consensus across the political and ideological spectrum against outward religiosity. Such a consensus, by definition, will disproportionately affect the "outwardly religious.” And the outwardly religious, whether we like it o…