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Hostility towards religion growing in US, survey shows

Friday, August 24th, 2012

Hostility towards religion has grown to unprecedented levels in the United States, according to a national survey that describes more than 600 examples in the last decade.

Examples include local government zoning laws discriminating against churches and city officials telling senior citizens that praying over government-funded food violated the “separation of church and state” and might result in the meals being taken away from them.

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