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Mark Pocan: “We found the case where they did just what they said, why…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Mark Pocan: Champion of the First Amendment

Published | Video Starts at 06:25

Striking thing real quick about the higher power thing is that there are, we've seen invocations that haven't invoked a higher power. It happens kind of regularly, actually, as. We were given various reasons why we couldn't. We found the case where they did just what they said, why they couldn't on multiple occasions. So at least a consistent policy, because right now it is discrimination against anyone who's not religious purely for that reason. (06:25–06:31)

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Asserts that there are cases where invocations without a higher power have occurred, contrary to stated policy.

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