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Joe Pitts: “The HHS definition of religious employer contravenes the First Amendment by putting the Federal Government in the…”

On the recordNovember 1, 2011
The HHS definition of religious employer contravenes the First Amendment by putting the Federal Government in the position of determining what parts of a bona fide religious organization are religious and what parts are secular.
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Joe Pitts
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Pitts argues that the HHS definition infringes on religious freedom.

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