Anna Paulina Luna, congresswoman from Florida, invited Russian Orthodox Christians to the Capitol for meetings about how American Christians and Russian Christians could have friendly relations. And then Fellow Republican Joe Wilson of South Carolina criticized her. Criticized them? Yes. Said that there is no separation between the church and the state there and that these were all basically Russian speakers. Did you observe in your time in Russia that type of a link? Or is the church still about the church and is the government still about the affairs of man? (39:33–39:48)
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Asserts that Joe Wilson criticized Anna Paulina Luna's invitation, citing no separation between church and state in Russia.
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