Religion_Belief

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Oklahoma's Christian James (3) puts up a shot over Auburn's LaRon Smith (12) during an NCAA college basketball game, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day via AP)

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Kansas State's D.J. Johnson, back, pressures Gardner-Webb's Christian Turner during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016, in Manhattan, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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FILE-In this Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016 file photo, "Vote Trump" is spray painted on the side of the fire damaged Hopewell M.B. Baptist Church in Greenville, Miss. Mississippi authorities arrested a McClinton Wednesday in the burning of an African-American church that was also spray-painted with the words, "Vote Trump." (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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This is a Mississippi Department of Public Safety provided undated state driver's license photograph of Andrew McClinton, of Leland, Miss., who was arrested by the Greenville Police Department, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016 in Greenville , Miss., in connection with the Nov. 1, 2016 fire at Greenville's Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church. McClinton, 45, has been charged with one count of first degree arson of a place of worship and is being held in the Washington County Detention Center, pending an initial appearance before the municipal court. (Mississippi Department of Public Safety via AP,)

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Boarded windows align Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church in Greenville, Miss., on Nov. 22 after it was burned and vandalized. (Associated Press)

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A fireworks market lays in ruins one day after an explosion at the San Pablito Market in Tultepec on the outskirts of Mexico City, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016. The market was especially well stocked for the holidays and bustling with hundreds of shoppers when a powerful chain-reaction explosion ripped through its stalls Tuesday, killing and injuring dozens. (AP Photo/Christian Palma)

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Rep. Jeff Collins, a Republican from Rocky Mount, protests the North Carolina General Assembly's fifth special session as unconstitutional Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016, in the House chambers, in Raleigh, N.C. North Carolina's legislature reconvened Wednesday to decide whether enough lawmakers are willing to repeal a 9-month-old law that limited LGBT rights, including which bathrooms transgender people can use in public schools and government buildings. (Chris Seward/The News & Observer via AP)

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West Virginia guard Daxter Miles Jr. (4) drives to the basket while being defended by Radford guard Christian Bradford (3) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016, in Morgantown, W.Va. (AP Photo/Raymond Thompson)

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In this Thursday, May 7, 2015 photo, volunteer Sandy Lockhart, standing, serves lunch to John Pearson, right, as Dorothy Christian, left, and her husband, Fredrick, look on at a seniors meal program at the Rush Park Community Center in Citrus Heights, Calif. The program, run by the Meals on Wheels by ACC, provides free meals to senior citizens at the center and brings them meals at their homes. Meals on Wheels is among the programs that have received funds from the state Assembly's own administrative budget for programs that faced cuts in state and other funding. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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Dortmund's Christian Pulisic jumps for the ball in front of Augsburg goalkeeper Marwin Hitz during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and FC Augsburg in Dortmund, Germany, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

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Santa Fe Archbishop John C. Wester speaks out against a proposed food tax in New Mexico at the Archdiocese of Santa Fe in Albuquerque, N.M., Dec. 20, 2016. A proposal to reinstate a food tax in New Mexico is drawing strong opposition from the Roman Catholic church and anti-poverty groups over concerns such a plan would raise grocery prices largely on the state's poor. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)

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Santa Fe Archbishop John C. Wester speaks out against a proposed food tax in New Mexico at the Archdiocese of Santa Fe in Albuquerque, N.M., Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016. A proposal to reinstate a food tax in New Mexico is drawing strong opposition from the Roman Catholic church and anti-poverty groups over concerns such a plan would raise grocery prices largely on the state's poor. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)

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Rev. Marshall Hatch poses for a portrait in the sanctuary of the New Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church in the West Garfield Park neighborhood of Chicago on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016. Though Hatch worries that the gun violence in Chicago has gotten so bad that some in his congregation "don't see a future for themselves in these communities," he says his church remains a refuge. "Our doors are still open," he says. "We provide holy ground in the midst of chaos." (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)a

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Funeral programs for victims of violence in Chicago that the Rev. Marshall Hatch has presided over are shown at the New Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church in the West Garfield Park neighborhood of Chicago on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016. Hatch rejects the African-American tradition to regard these funerals as festive "homegoings," marking the deceased's journey to heaven. "I don't consider it a celebration," he says. "It's sad. It's traumatic. It's abnormal and we need to do something about it." (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Rev. Marshall Hatch poses for a portrait in the sanctuary of the New Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church in the West Garfield Park neighborhood of Chicago on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016. Hatch says this year's bloodshed from gun violence in Chicago has left him reeling. "I've been at it 30 years and I don't know that I can continue at this pace emotionally," he says. "The only way I can really deal with it is see myself as an outsider. This is not my way of life. It's not my family's way of life. It's not the way of life of a lot of people that I know who are close to me. But I live in the neighborhood. ... I have to have some sense of detachment in order to serve." (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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FILE - This is a Nov. 1, 1994 file photo of Rabbi Lionel Blue after receiving his OBE at Bucking Palace, London. British rabbi Lionel Blue, who was known for his popular early morning radio spots, has died. He was 86. Blue was the first openly gay rabbi in Britain. The Liberal Judaism group said he died Monday Dec. 19, 2016. (PA, File via AP)

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Houston Texans quarterback Tom Savage (3) drops back to pass after being brought in to replace Brock Osweiler during the first half of an NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)

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FILE - In this April 3, 2016, file photo, Jim Herman tees off on the 18th hole during the final round of the Houston Open golf tournament in Humble, Texas. Herman won the tournament. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith, File)

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John Harbaugh

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Protesters hold signs in the Arkansas Capitol's old Supreme Court chamber Monday, Dec. 19, 2016, as members of the Electoral College give the state's six votes to President-elect Donald Trump in Little Rock, Ark. Protesters filled the public seating area as the Electoral College members cast their ballots. A brief shouting match broke out following the vote. (AP Photo/Kelly P. Kissel)