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John Tierney: A lot of people would probably like to be discriminated against like that.

On the recordNovember 30, 2011
A lot of people would probably like to be discriminated against like that.
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John Tierney
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Tierney argues that funding to Catholic organizations has increased, contradicting claims of discrimination.

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