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James Talarico: “The separation of church and state... was sacred not for the…”

Featuring: James Talarico, Democratic | Texas House of Representatives, District 50

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James Talarico's Beautiful Answer to Christian Nationalism | The Ezra Klein Show

Published | Video Starts at 09:10

I've heard you talk in different clips and interviews about the difference between a living religion and a dead religion. Yeah. The separation of church and state... was sacred not for the benefit of the state... but for the benefit of the church. the church. Because when religion gets too cozy with power, we lose our prophetic voice, our ability to see beyond the current systems, the current era. (09:10–09:23)

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Asserts that the separation of church and state benefits the church by preserving its prophetic voice.

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