Religion_Belief

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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, JAN. 7 -8 - In this Dec. 15, 2016 photo, Trinity Catholic High School senior Clayton Wilson, right, and instructor David Kissel prepare for an afternoon instruction flight at Ocala Aviation at the Ocala International Airport in Ocala, Fla. Trinity Catholic students can get their private pilots license for a much cheaper cost through taking classes ground study classes through the hight school and flight training through Ocala Aviation. Wilson is expected to get his license before the end of the year. (Alan Youngblood/Star-Banner via AP)

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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, JAN. 7 -8 - In this Dec. 15, 2016 photo, instructor David Kissel, right, and Trinity Catholic High School senior Clayton Wilson go over the checklist as they prepare for an afternoon instruction flight at Ocala Aviation at the Ocala International Airport in Ocala, Fla. Trinity Catholic students can get their private pilots license for a much cheaper cost through taking classes ground study classes through the hight school and flight training through Ocala Aviation. Wilson is expected to get his license before the end of the year. (Alan Youngblood/Star-Banner via AP)

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A pedestrian sips a hot drink to stay warm as the sign at the First Baptist Church of Marion shows the temperature in Marion, Ind., on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017. (Jeff Morehead/The Chronicle-Tribune via AP)

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U.S. Army tanks arrive in Bremerhaven, Germany, on Jan. 6. 2017. (U.S. Army)

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Jionni Conforti poses for The Associated Press in his home, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, in Totowa, N.J. The transgender man has sued St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson, N.J., after he says it cited religion in refusing to allow his surgeon to perform a hysterectomy procedure he said was medically necessary as part of his gender transition. Conforti, had scheduled the surgery in 2015, but he alleges in the federal lawsuit that a hospital administrator then told him the procedure to remove the uterus he was born with couldn't be done because it was a "Catholic hospital." (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Jionni Conforti poses for The Associated Press in his home, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, in Totowa, N.J. The transgender man has sued St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson, N.J., after he said it cited religion in refusing to allow his surgeon to perform a hysterectomy procedure he said was medically necessary as part of his gender transition. Conforti had scheduled the surgery in 2015, but he alleges in the federal lawsuit that a hospital administrator then told him the procedure to remove the uterus he was born with couldn't be done because it was a "Catholic hospital." (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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In this photo taken Dec. 6, 2016, Les Johnson, 69, of Camden, Ala., a family friend of Attorney General-designate, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. is seen in the reflection of Sessions's parents tombstone at the Bell's Landing Presbyterian Church cemetery in Bell's Landing, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

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Envy of Jews and the Jewish State Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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Members of the New York state Assembly meet in the Assembly Chamber at the Capitol on the opening day of the legislative session on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

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Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle, speaks to members in the Assembly Chamber during opening day of the 2017 legislative session at the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

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This book cover image released by Grand Central Publishing shows, "The Lost City of the Monkey God," by Douglas Preston. (Grand Central Publishing via AP)

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John Johnson pays his respects at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017. Johnson was visiting from Ocean City, Md., and made the church a destination for the day. "We just came to pay our respects," he said, "I feel like we had to do something." Dylann Roof went into Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church on June 17, 2015, sat through a 45-minute Bible study in the fellowship hall, then fired 77 shots. After a judge ruled Monday that Roof is competent to represent himself, the same jury that last month unanimously found him guilty in the slayings of nine black parishioners at the church will return to court to begin contemplating his punishment. (Michael Pronzato/The Post And Courier via AP)

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Boston College head coach Jim Christian directs his team against Wake Forest in the first half of an NCAA college basketball in Winston-Salem, N.C., Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

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A survey finds that 91 percent of the incoming 115th Congress identify as Christian, compared to 95 percent of the 1961-62 legislative body. (Associated Press)

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FILE - In this March 5, 2015, file photo, Todd Weiler, a Republican senator from Woods Cross, speaks during a committee hearing, in Salt Lake City. Several Mormons who serve as state lawmakers said Monday that their church has a subtle influence on Utah politics but is selective about directly weighing in on issues. Weiler, a Mormon, said that in his five years as a lawmaker, he has only been contacted by church lobbyists on legislation related to alcohol, adoption and gambling. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

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Religious books from the Library of Congress sit on a table awaiting mock swearing ceremonies for members of the House Representatives, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington as the 115th Congress begins. ( AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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Chart from the Pew Research Center showing the religious affiliation of the members of the 115th Congress.

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FILE- In this April 27, 2003, file photo, people attend the Mass officiated by Bishop Thomas L. Dupre, third from right, at the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, Mass. Dupre, the first Roman Catholic bishop in the United States to be indicted on a sexual-abuse claim during a flood of abuse accusations against church officials, died Friday, Dec. 30, 2016, according to the Diocese of Springfield. Dupre was 83. (AP Photo/Alan Solomon, File)