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Jamie Raskin: “The Hobby Lobby case dangerously opens the idea that churches are political organizations”

On the recordMay 3, 2017
The Hobby Lobby case dangerously opens the idea that churches are political organizations
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Raskin warns that treating churches like political entities could jeopardize their tax-exempt status.

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