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Steve Baines: Religious Liberty – What it REALLY Means
October 13, 2014
Steve Baines is Assistant Field Director for Religious Outreach of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, a nonpartisan educational organization dedicated to preserving the constitutional principle of church-state separation. AU works in the courts, in Congress and state legislatures, at the White House and in the arena of public opinion to address an array of pressing issues.
Before coming to Americans United, he served as Director of Interfaith Outreach at both the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice and People For the American Way. He has also served as Executive Director for Equal Partners in Faith, a national interfaith organization committed to fighting racism, sexism and homophobia.
Baines gave a riveting talk on why individuals should care about the separation of church and state and how it is essential to protecting religious freedom on Monday, Oct. 13 in Pugh Hall.
This program was co-sponsored by UF Intercultural Engagement and Florida Free Speech Forum
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