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Cori Bush: “Conflating religious authority with political authority is idolatrous and often leads to the oppression of minority and…”

On the recordOctober 24, 2023
Conflating religious authority with political authority is idolatrous and often leads to the oppression of minority and other marginalized groups as well as the spiritual impoverishment of religion.
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Cori Bush
Democratic · Missouri

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Cori Bush criticizes the fusion of religious and political authority, warning of its oppressive consequences.

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