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State, Then Church 

The church, being no more a person than any other corporate body, has no separate rights of its own — and certainly, no rights that would empower it to ignore laws that apply to all Americans.

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In recent months an alarming trend has emerged in American politics that threatens to undermine our country's traditional understanding of the proper relation between religion and government. This trend has been most evident in the current controversy over a federal mandate…

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