A blogger for a Baptist group that advocates religious freedom for all views with alarm the rise of a Southern Baptist preacher and radio-show host likely headed for Congress after winning the Republican congressional primary in Georgia’s 10th district July 22.
Don Byrd, who writes a blog hosted by the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, warned July 23 that positions set out by candidate Jody Hice would “turn the church-state clock back more than 50 years.” Byrd, a teacher at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., writes Blog from the Capital, which appears on the BJC's website but doesn't necessarily reflect its views.
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