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You are invited to attend a talk on the religiously manipulative Supreme Court. Patrick Elliott, Senior Litigation Counsel for the FFRF will talk about how the Court has negatively affected the separation of church and state. The talk is Saturday, Nov 4, at 6 pm in the Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick. 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