Rachel Martin talks to Cokie Roberts, who answers listener questions on how religion has influenced public policy in America.
DAVID GREENE, HOST:
Religious organizations of varying denominations spoke out against the Trump administration's policy of separating children from parents at the U.S.-Mexico border. President Trump has signed an executive order to end this practice, but the response from religious groups has renewed questions about the role religion plays in American politics. One of the most notorious clergymen of the political scene in the 1930s was the infamous Father Charles Coughlin, whose radio program and rallies enlisted thousands.
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