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Rent-Free Religion in New York’s Public Schools | Religion Dispatches

January 28, 2012 islamoyankee

Rent-Free Religion in New York’s Public Schools | Religion Dispatches.

When I moved to New York City just over a year ago, I started going to church. More precisely, I started going to the churches—dozens of them—that were located in New York City’s public schools.

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