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On the recordFebruary 10, 2016
The statute of religious freedom that Thomas Jefferson authored... says in our country, you can worship or not.
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Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic · New York

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Gillibrand highlights the foundational role of religious freedom in the Constitution.

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