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Lamar W. Hankins : Jessica Ahlquist and the Modern Day Puritans

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Sixteen-year-old Jessica Ahlquist sued Cranston High School in Cranston, Rhode Island, for displaying an eight-foot tall prayer banner in the school gym. Photo by Gretchen Ertl / NYT / Facebook.‘City upon a hill’:Our modern-day Puritans andthe saga of Jessica Ahlquist … Continue reading →

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