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Rob Andrews: “I feel awfully blessed to live in a country where I can practice my faith as I see fit. It is one of the things that I…”

On the recordFebruary 4, 2004
I feel awfully blessed to live in a country where I can practice my faith as I see fit. It is one of the things that I most cherish about being an American. But I also cherish that I live in a country where the government can never, never force me to adopt a religious belief or to bend my religious belief because it is the will of the majority. There are few principles in American law that are without exception, but that is one of them. And I am glad that it is one of them.
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Rob Andrews
Democratic · New Jersey
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Discussing the importance of religious freedom during a committee meeting.

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