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Article: Persecution complex. (House of Representatives' and Senates' proposal of a bill to fight religious persecution overseas)
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- Church & State
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- March 1, 1998
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Evangelical Christians And The Catholic Bishops Are Pushing A Bill To Fight Religious Persecution Overseas, But Critics Say The Issue Isn't That Simple
Last summer Christian Coalition President Don Hodel made one of his first major public appearances in his new post at the helm of TV preacher Pat Robertson's political unit.
The audience at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., that Aug. 8 was friendly, largely made up of allies of Human Events, the arch-conservative weekly newspaper that cosponsored the gathering. Hodel took the podium after presidential hopeful Steve Forbes, who had just given a crowd-pleasing speech on the need for tax reform and ...