Charles Sumner: “In the church this outrage may be perpetrated,--because to forbid it…”

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In the church this outrage may be perpetrated,--because to forbid it would interfere with religion and set up an establishment.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner critiques the intersection of religion and social injustices in churches.

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