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Mariana

(15,570 posts)

11. I know.

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #7)

Fri Jan 18, 2019, 02:24 PM

Jan 2019

I'm supporting an assertion that I've made many times in this group, that religious legislators at every level of government are constantly working to try to use the power of the government to force their religious beliefs on others. The low success rate of such bills isn't relevant in that context.

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