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Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, right, shakes hands with Dr. Samuel Oliver, president of Union University, left, after participating in a conference call in Lee's Capitol Hill office in Washington, Wednesday, June 3, 2015, with representatives from religious nonprofits who are concerned about how the Supreme Court's upcoming gay marriage decision will affect their institutions, and members of the media. Dr. Jerry Johnson, president of the National Religious Broadcasters is center. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Jim Inhofe (Oklahoma)

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Evangelist Anne Graham Lotz, the daughter of Billy Graham, encourages people to pray for the state's lawmakers and governor, Monday, March 29, 2010, in the State Capitol Rotunda in Jefferson City, Mo. Hundreds of Christians gathered to pray that God would grant wisdom to public officials dealing with a budget shortfall. (AP Photo/Kelley McCall)

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National Edition News cover for August 19, 2015 - Palestinian men walk past a section of Israel's separation barrier to cross the Qalandia checkpoint on their way to pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, on the second Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, at the Qalandia checkpoint between the West Bank city of Ramallah and Jerusalem, Friday, June 26, 2015.(AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

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holy borders: Palestinian men march past a section of Israel's separation barrier, erected between the West Bank city of Ramallah and Jerusalem, on their way to cross the Qalandia checkpoint and pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. (Associated Press photographs)

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Basketball Hall of Famer Michael Jordan arrives at the federal courthouse in Chicago, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015. Jordan is expected to take the stand in his case against a now-defunct grocery store chain that used his image without permission. (AP Photo/Christian K. Lee)

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This image made from a video released Feb. 15, 2015, by militants in Libya claiming loyalty to the Islamic State purportedly shows Egyptian Coptic Christians in orange jumpsuits being led along a beach before being executed. (Associated Press)

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Former Army Pvt. Bradley "Chelsea" Manning would be more welcome at the transgender-only VA clinic in Cleveland than others who have served their country. (AP Photo/U.S. Army, File)

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In the photo taken July 15, 2015, Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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In this March 17, 2015 file photo, Rep. Pete Welch, D-Vt. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. The president's Cabinet, the diplomatic corps and members of the Supreme Court, six of whom are Catholic, are expected to join senators and House members in the seats on the floor of the chamber. The House recently took the unusual step of voting to limit the people who can sit in those prime seats, essentially barring former members. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

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sanctuary: Bucharest, Romania's oldest mosque, opened in 1906, may be joined by a new worship space, although the plan is facing backlash against Turkish immigration and concerns over terrorism. (Vlad Odobescu/Special to The Washington Times)

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Anti-Semitic graffiti is visible on the community entrance sign at The Grove at Oak Meadow, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015, in San Antonio, where vandals sprayed racial epitaphs and language on numerous cars, homes and other community markers near the Jewish Orthodox community. San Antonio police are investigating the incidents. (Tom Reel/The San Antonio Express-News via AP) RUMBO DE SAN ANTONIO OUT; NO SALES; MANDATORY CREDIT