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On the recordJune 5, 2017
I just personally believe that every individual should be able to live whatever faith they choose to live or to live no faith at all, and that that be acceptable on a campus setting and to not try to require them to be able to practice one thing or to say you can in writing have one thing but not in practice have another. That is not consistent with our values.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford emphasizes the importance of religious freedom on college campuses.

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