Research Associate, Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life
Research Associate at the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life and a constitutional lawyer
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Jesse Merriam
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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 . This coming Sunday, some thirty ministers across the country are planning to endorse a candidate for president.
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