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From the Sovi­et Union to Com­mu­nist Chi­na, one of the first things many author­i­tar­i­an regimes do is extin­guish reli­gious freedom.
There is a deep­er rea­son for this, says Kel­ly Shack­elford. And that’s why increas­ing gov­ern­ment restric­tions on reli­gion in Amer­i­ca are trou­bling indi­ca­tors for the future, he argues.
Shack­elford is the Pres­i­dent and Chief Coun­sel of First Lib­er­ty Institute, …