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Long before lying to Congress, Barr’s views on church and state should have disqualified him

Exclude from home pageBNG staff  |  May 8, 2019

Read the full story: Religion Dispatches

In the 1990s Barr attacked the very concept of secular government and in one speech said advocates of secularism “are clearly fanatics.” Barr’s advocacy of “God’s law” is especially alarming.

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