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Chris Smith: It is vitally important that Congress signals that blasphemy laws must go, that Congress signals its understanding that…

On the recordJune 15, 2016
It is vitally important that Congress signals that blasphemy laws must go, that Congress signals its understanding that these laws are used for no reason other than persecuting minorities and that these laws are simply intolerable.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith emphasizes the need for Congress to oppose blasphemy laws that persecute minorities.

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