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Suppose Congress declares that no person shall be excluded from any church on account of race, color, or previous condition; where is the interference with the constitutional provision?
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Suppose Congress declares that no person shall be excluded from any church on account of race, color, or previous…”
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Sumner argues that a law preventing racial discrimination in churches would not conflict with the Constitution.
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