Jesse Merriam

Research Associate, Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life

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Research Associate at the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life and a constitutional lawyer

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"I have the right to speak biblical truth without being punished for it," says the Rev. Jody Hice in Bethlehem, Georgia in today's  Wall Street Journal .

Pastors to Protest Rules on Political Speech

"I have the right to speak biblical truth without being punished for it," says the Rev. Jody Hice in Bethlehem, Georgia in today's Wall Street Journal .

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