Religion_Belief

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FILE - This Aug. 4, 2015, file photo, flowers bloom in front of the Salt Lake Temple, at Temple Square, in Salt Lake City. Mormons will hear guidance and inspiration from the religion's top leaders during a church conference this weekend in Salt Lake City as well as getting an update about church membership statistics. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

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FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2016, file photo, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, sings in the Conference Center at the morning session of the two-day Mormon church conference in Salt Lake City. Mormons will hear guidance and inspiration from the religion's top leaders during a church conference this weekend in Salt Lake City as well as getting an update about church membership statistics. (AP Photo/George Frey, File)

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FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 2017, AT 12:01 A.M. EDT. - This photo taken March 20, 2017, shows Citadel Square Baptist church in downtown Charleston, S.C. (Leroy Burnell/The Post And Courier via AP)

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Angela Merkel, 63, Chancellor of Germany. She is also the leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Merkel has been described at various times as the de facto leader of the European Union, the most powerful woman in the world. (AP Photo)

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Sen. Mitch McConnell (Associated Press)

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Eric as Evas Nelson, from Sandwich, Mass., and parents of a transgender child, wait for Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to arrive to raise a flag supporting the transgender community at City Hall, Thursday, March 30, 2017, in Boston. The flag-raising event was organized after the "Free Speech Bus," painted with the words "boys are boys" and "girls are girls," parked outside City Hall earlier in the day. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes)

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Eric and Evas Nelson, from Sandwich, Mass., and parents of a transgender child, wait for Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to arrive to raise a flag supporting the transgender community at City Hall, Thursday, March 30, 2017, in Boston. The flag-raising event was organized after the "Free Speech Bus," painted with the words "boys are boys" and "girls are girls," parked outside City Hall earlier in the day. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes)

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Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, left, watches his deputy director of scheduling Alex Zafris, who is transgender, crank the handle to raise a flag supporting the transgender community at City Hall, Thursday, March 30, 2017, in Boston. The flag-raising event was organized after the "Free Speech Bus," painted with the words "boys are boys" and "girls are girls," parked outside City Hall earlier in the day. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes)

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Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, left, hugs his deputy director of scheduling Alex Zafris, who is transgender, before they raised a flag, right, supporting the transgender community at City Hall, Thursday, March 30, 2017, in Boston. The flag-raising event was organized after the "Free Speech Bus," painted with the words "boys are boys" and "girls are girls," parked outside City Hall earlier in the day. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes)

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Protesters trying to block the movement of the "Free Speech Bus," are escorted out of the way by police outside the Statehouse, Thursday, March 30, 2017, in Boston. The bus is painted with the words "boys are boys" and "girls are girls." A spokesman for the group behind the bus said organizers are pushing back against greater acceptance of transgender people. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

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Protesters, right, hold signs beside the "Free Speech Bus," painted with the words "boys are boys" and "girls are girls," parked outside the Statehouse, Thursday, March 30, 2017, in Boston. A spokesman for the group behind the bus said organizers are pushing back against greater acceptance of transgender people. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

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Protesters hold signs beside the "Free Speech Bus," painted with the words "boys are boys" and "girls are girls," parked outside the Statehouse, Thursday, March 30, 2017, in Boston. A spokesman for the group behind the bus said organizers are pushing back against greater acceptance of transgender people. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

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The Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty group claims that an Army plan to train troops on "unconscious bias" is "code for those who hold orthodox beliefs about sexual matters." (Facebook, U.S. Army Chaplain Corps)

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Marilee White, left, with sister Jaime White react outside First Baptist Church in New Braunfels, Texas, after several people who attended the church died in a two vehicle collision Wednesday, March 29, 2017. It was not immediately clear what caused the deadly crash involving a van carrying church members and a pickup truck on U.S. 83 outside Garner State Park in northern Uvalde County, Texas. (Tom Reel/The San Antonio Express-News via AP)

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People greet each other outside First Baptist Church after hearing news of the deaths of several members who attended the church in New Braunfels, Texas, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. It was not immediately clear what caused the deadly crash involving a van carrying church members and a pickup truck on U.S. 83 outside Garner State Park in northern Uvalde County, Texas. (Tom Reel/The San Antonio Express-News via AP)

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Authorities investigate after a deadly crash involving a van carrying church members and a pickup truck on U.S. 83 outside Garner State Park in northern Uvalde County, Texas, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. The group of senior adults from First Baptist Church of New Braunfels, Texas, was returning from a retreat when the crash occurred, a church statement said. (Pete Luna/The San Antonio Express-News via AP)

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Authorities investigate after a deadly crash involving a van carrying church members and a pickup truck on U.S. 83 outside Garner State Park in northern Uvalde County, Texas, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. The group of senior adults from First Baptist Church of New Braunfels, Texas, was returning from a retreat when the crash occurred, a church statement said. (Zeke MacCormack/The San Antonio Express-News via AP)

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In this aerial image made from a video provided by KABB/WOAI authorities respond to a deadly crash involving a van carrying church members and a pickup truck on U.S. 83 outside Garner State Park in northern Uvalde County, Texas, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. The group of senior adults from First Baptist Church of New Braunfels, Texas, was returning from a retreat when the crash occurred, a church statement said. (KABB/WOAI via AP) SAN ANTONIO OUT

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