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The Religious-Liberty Showdowns Coming in 2017

The Atlantic

December 28, 2016

From mosque surveillance to new religious-exemption laws, a look at some of the Religious-Liberty Showdowns Coming in 2017; issues most likely to come up under Trump. James Dobson, the founder of Focus on the Family, said “the number one issue” for evangelical pastors who met with Trump this summer “was religious liberty—more than anything else,”

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