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Ronald Reagan: “The purpose of that amendment was to protect religion from the interference of government and to guarantee, in its own…”

On the recordSeptember 17, 1982
The purpose of that amendment was to protect religion from the interference of government and to guarantee, in its own words, 'the free exercise of religion.'
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Radio Address to the Nation on Prayer

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