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Kelly Hancock: “We don't want to put religious leaders into the position…”

Featuring: Kelly Hancock, Republican | State Senator, Texas, District 9

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Texas Values Report October 22 2021 State Senator Kelly Hancock.

Published | Video Starts at 10:48

And so that's the way that some people think they can disrespect the church. And one way to put a stop to this is to vote for Prop 3. Well, We don't want to put religious leaders into the position that they're put in. And they have a scriptural, they have a spiritual obligation to gather together as the word teaches us to do. But then you have a local governing authority telling you you can't do it and so that it, it presents a very, very difficult situation for those of us in leadership at a religious level. (10:48–10:59)

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Asserts that religious leaders have a spiritual obligation to gather, which is challenged by local authorities.

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