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Men ride horses through a bonfire as part of a ritual in honor of Saint Anthony the Abbot, the patron saint of domestic animals, in San Bartolome de Pinares, about 100 km west of Madrid, Spain on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017. On the eve of Saint Anthony's Day, hundreds ride their horses through the narrow cobblestone streets of the small village of San Bartolome during the "Luminarias," a tradition that dates back 500 years and is meant to purify the animals with the smoke of the bonfires and protect them for the year to come. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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A man rides a horse through a bonfire as part of a ritual in honor of Saint Anthony the Abbot, the patron saint of domestic animals, in San Bartolome de Pinares, about 100 km west of Madrid, Spain on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017. On the eve of Saint Anthony's Day, hundreds ride their horses through the narrow cobblestone streets of the small village of San Bartolome during the "Luminarias," a tradition that dates back 500 years and is meant to purify the animals with the smoke of the bonfires and protect them for the year to come. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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Men ride horses next to a bonfire as part of a ritual in honor of Saint Anthony the Abbot, the patron saint of domestic animals, in San Bartolome de Pinares, about 100 km west of Madrid, Spain on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017. On the eve of Saint Anthony's Day, hundreds ride their horses through the narrow cobblestone streets of the small village of San Bartolome during the "Luminarias," a tradition that dates back 500 years and is meant to purify the animals with the smoke of the bonfires and protect them for the year to come. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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A woman drinks wine man next to a bonfire as part of a ritual in honor of Saint Anthony the Abbot, the patron saint of domestic animals, in San Bartolome de Pinares, about 100 km west of Madrid, Spain on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017. On the eve of Saint Anthony's Day, hundreds ride their horses through the narrow cobblestone streets of the small village of San Bartolome during the "Luminarias," a tradition that dates back 500 years and is meant to purify the animals with the smoke of the bonfires and protect them for the year to come. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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A man rides a horse through a bonfire as part of a ritual in honor of Saint Anthony the Abbot, the patron saint of domestic animals, in San Bartolome de Pinares, about 100 km west of Madrid, Spain, on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017. On the eve of Saint Anthony's Day, hundreds ride their horses through the narrow cobblestone streets of the small village of San Bartolome during the "Luminarias," a tradition that dates back 500 years and is meant to purify the animals with the smoke of the bonfires and protect them for the year to come. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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A man rides a horse through a bonfire as part of a ritual in honour of Saint Anthony the Abbot, the patron saint of domestic animals, in San Bartolome de Pinares, about 100 km west of Madrid, Spain, on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017. On the eve of Saint Anthony's Day, hundreds ride their horses through the narrow cobblestone streets of the small village of San Bartolome during the "Luminarias," a tradition that dates back 500 years and is meant to purify the animals with the smoke of the bonfires and protect them for the year to come. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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Religious Freedom Problems in Turkey Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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Churchgoer Yolanda Cox holds a church program with the depiction of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., during a service at the St. John Baptist Church in Camden, N.J., Monday, Jan. 16, 2017. (Jose F. Moreno/Camden Courier-Post via AP)

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Audience members join hands while singing "We Shall Overcome" during a Martin Luther King Jr. holiday commemorative service at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

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Audience members join hands while singing "We Shall Overcome" during a Martin Luther King Jr. holiday commemorative service at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

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Visitors tour the Historic Ebenezer First Baptist Church where Martin Luther King Jr. preached, Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

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A visitor tours the Historic Ebenezer First Baptist Church where Martin Luther King Jr. preached, Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

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Visitors tour the Historic Ebenezer First Baptist Church where Martin Luther King Jr. preached, Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

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Audience members join hands while singing "We Shall Overcome" during a Martin Luther King Jr. holiday commemorative service at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

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A man walks past Ebenezer Baptist Church, early Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, in Atlanta, before the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday commemorative service. The Rev. Bernice King, Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter, urged Americans during the service to honor her father's legacy regardless of who occupies the Oval Office. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

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A man walks past Ebenezer Baptist Church, early Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, in Atlanta, where the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. preached. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

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Bernice King, daughter of the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., speaks during the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday commemorative service at Ebenezer Baptist Church where King preached, Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

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A man walks past Ebenezer Baptist Church, early Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, in Atlanta, where the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. preached. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

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James R. Johnson hands out programs before the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday commemorative service at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

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FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2016 file photo, President-elect Donald Trump stands with Education Secretary-designate Betsy DeVos in Bedminster, N.J. Charter school advocate and wealthy Republican donor Betsy DeVos is widely expected to push for expanding school choice programs if confirmed as education secretary, causing outrage among teachers unions. But Democrats and rights activists also are raising concerns about how her conservative Christian beliefs and advocacy for family values might impact minority and LGBT students. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)