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What is the wisdom out there? A letter from a reader:<\/p>\n

I was recently asked by one of my students, who has just taken a ministry position, whether she should petition for exemption. The form one has to sign for the IRS\u00a0says:<\/p>\n
\u201cI certify that I am conscientiously opposed to, or because of my religious principles I am opposed to, the acceptance (for services I perform as a minister, member of religious order not under a vow of poverty, or a Christian Science practitioner) of any public insurance that makes\u00a0payments\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
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