Reformation Day

Today is -- as a number of my Separated Brethren pals have reminded me -- "Reformation Day."  On this day, many Protestants celebrate Luther's nailing his 95 Theses to the door of the church in Wittenberg, Germany.  Here is a (provocative, I hope!) thesis of my own:  Contrary to widely held belief, the Reformation was, on balance, a bad thing for political freedom.  Discuss (in a spirit of Christian charity, of course).

Rick