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Mike Lee: Congress is free, the Federal Government is free to grant religious exceptions and doing so does not amount to an…

On the recordSeptember 11, 2012
Congress is free, the Federal Government is free to grant religious exceptions and doing so does not amount to an establishment clause violation.
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Mike Lee
Republican · Utah

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Lee asserts that granting religious exemptions does not violate the First Amendment.

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