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The dangers of mixing religion and politics

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Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, then-lieutenant governor of Maryland, in a file photo from the 2000 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles. Townsend, the eldest daughter of the late U.S. Sen. Robert Kennedy, is the author of "Failing America's Faithful: How Today's Churches are Mixing God with Politics and Losing Their Way."
Photo by Dennis Brack/Newsmakers
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Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, then-lieutenant governor of Maryland, in a file photo from the 2000 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles. Townsend, the eldest daughter of the late U.S. Sen. Robert Kennedy, is the author of "Failing America's Faithful: How Today's Churches are Mixing God with Politics and Losing Their Way."
Photo by Dennis Brack/Newsmakers