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On the recordNovember 12, 2013
The majority has essentially judicially mandated a preference for one parent's fundamental right to the free exercise of religion over another parent's fundamental liberty interest in exercising the care, custody, and control of the child.
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Chuck Grassley
Republican · Iowa

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Grassley discusses a dissent regarding parental rights and religious freedom.

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