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<\/iframe>\n<\/p><p>The video above has been getting a lot of attention. It features Australian politician Kevin Rudd answering questions from a pastor about his views on same-sex marriage. Rudd actually posted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theaustralian.com.au\/news\/features\/a-matter-for-the-state-not-church\/story-e6frg6z6-1226647193217\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a longer essay on the topic<\/a> online before the last election to inform voters about his views.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the points that Rudd makes work equally well in other contexts, such as the United States, and Baptists ought to all be behind his points about the separation of church and state, which are as American as they are Australian.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The video above has been getting a lot of attention. It features Australian politician Kevin Rudd answering questions from a pastor about his views on same-sex marriage. 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