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\u201cIndeed, the Administration takes a position more hostile to religious freedom than the ACLU and Americans United for Separation of Church and State<\/a>\u2026\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n
Looks like the EEOC wants to reignite the Investiture Controversy or something.\u00a0 The Lord thy President is a jealous god.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIndeed, the Administration takes a position more hostile to religious freedom than the ACLU and Americans United for Separation of Church and State\u2026\u201d Looks like the EEOC wants to reignite the Investiture Controversy or something.\u00a0 The Lord thy President is a jealous god.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nThe God King Spits on Religious Liberty<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\""Indeed, the Administration takes a position more hostile to religious freedom than the ACLU and Americans United for Separation of Church and\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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