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Panich52

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Sun Jul 26, 2015, 07:07 PM Jul 2015

Remembering James Dunn: Baptist Champion Of Religious Freedom

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Remembering James Dunn: Baptist Champion Of Religious Freedom
Jul 6, 2015 by Rob Boston in Wall of Separation

When I began working for Americans United in 1987, one thing confused me: Why were there so many Southern Baptists hanging around? Southern Baptists were the enemy – or so I thought. After all, they were extremely conservative and always advocating things like school prayer amendments and anti-LGBT legislation.

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Remembering James Dunn: Baptist Champion Of Religious Freedom (Original Post) Panich52 Jul 2015 OP
A great read about a wonderful man. ColesCountyDem Jul 2015 #1

ColesCountyDem

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1. A great read about a wonderful man.
Sun Jul 26, 2015, 07:49 PM
Jul 2015

Were the SBC in the hands of the James Dunns, the estrangement between the SBC and ABC-USA would not be as great as it is today.

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