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I post this item from back at the end of January not to revive debate about President Trump\u2019s initial executive order on immigration, which is now defunct anyway and which has been replaced by a new one, but to signal that I\u2019m far from alone in thinking that Latter-day Saints should find special significance in anything that begins to look even remotely like a government distinction based upon religious adherence \u2014 and that we should be especially sensitive and alert to the threat potentially posed by such things.<\/p>\n
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