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Pastor Speaks Out Against Amendment 1: ‘We Should Not Be Putting Discrimination Into Our Laws’ | This morning, MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts discussed the divide in the African American community over North Carolina’s Amendment 1 with Pastor Ricky Woods of the First Baptist Church West. “There is of course the issue of faith, that the church deals with, but then there are issues of a citizen in a democratic republic,” Woods explained. “I am saddened that this issue has been shaped in such a way that religion has been used to define something that should be done by the state.” “We should not be putting discrimination into our laws against any particular group, regardless of how we feel about what their choices are,” Woods added. Watch it:
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