{"id":11333,"date":"2012-06-15T20:21:30","date_gmt":"2012-06-16T00:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/?p=11333"},"modified":"2013-05-10T15:27:14","modified_gmt":"2013-05-10T19:27:14","slug":"debating-religious-liberty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2012\/06\/15\/debating-religious-liberty\/11333\/","title":{"rendered":"Debating Religious Liberty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Watch excerpts from four R &amp; E interviews about the current debate over religious freedom and the Obama administration\u2019s contraceptive mandate with Archbishop of Baltimore William Lori; Bishop Gene Robinson of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire; Melissa Rogers, who directs the Center for Religion and Public Affairs at Wake Forest University School of Divinity; and Sammie Moshenberg, who is the National Council of Jewish Women\u2019s director of Washington operations. 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