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“ I give you the example of the community in upstate New York where virtually the entire town is gaining tax-exempt status because every single property owner became ordained ministers by mail order from the Universal Life Church, which is based in California. ”

“ Our effort has to be to try to get at the illegal activities without infringing the basic religious freedom that's guaranteed by our Constitution.
I don't think it's easy, but I do think it's necessary. The Jonestown massacre I suppose illustrates the extremes and teh dangers that can be presented by the cult phenomenon. But we have had accusations made by parents that their children have been coerced into entering cults, that once there they have been physically and mentally abused, subjected to drugs; they have been physically prevented from returning to society ”