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Al Green: “What they have done is sinful, and what we are doing is sinful because we won't look into it and we have every excuse…”

On the recordJune 24, 2015
What they have done is sinful, and what we are doing is sinful because we won't look into it and we have every excuse available to the human mind.
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Al Green
Democratic · Texas

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Al Green criticizes inaction regarding certain issues, calling it sinful.

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