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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “I can't imagine why we now want to take the only part of American life that is not polarized and put it right into the…”

On the recordMay 3, 2017
I can't imagine why we now want to take the only part of American life that is not polarized and put it right into the thick of the ugliest part of our life.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton criticizes politicizing religious institutions, which she sees as a unifying force.

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