Well, Hitch spends a lot of words defending a right that no one is really threatening to take away from him: The right to vote or not vote for any candidate for whatever reason he wants to.

Who is telling him he can't? Yeah, the Constitution forbids a religious test for any appointment, but an individual voter can choose to withhold his or her vote for any reason. They can vote against a candidate because they don't like his taste in clothes or the part of his hair or the distance between his eyes.

Hitch has written columns attacking the religious views of both Huckabee and Romney. Of course, others have responded and said that his attacks are not appropriate. But saying something isn't appropriate is a far cry from trying to prevent Hitch from expressing his opinion. As far as I can tell, no one is preventing Hitch from writing what he thinks of Mormonism, Evangelism, Catholicism, or any other religion. Indeed, he's managed to make a tidy sum of money through his besting selling book which attacks the whole concept of religion.

All of which is his right and I fully support him. But he should come back when someone has actually tried to prevent him from criticizing candidates for their religious views.