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I am a lawyer and a writer. I have one novel published and another book before an agent right now. I practice international religious freedom law, mostly in Europe and write on a variety of subjects.

You can see a sample of my writing at www.joelthornton.com

My passion is ...

travel and religious freedom

I know too much about ...

very few things

My parents always told me ...

deal with people straight up

My favorite memory ...

sleeping in the Hauptbahnhof in Cologne, Germany

Why I write ...

to clarify my thoughts

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Bob Dylan, Clive Cussler, Psych

My first job ...

building maintenance

My best moment ...

the day my two children were born

My inspiration ...

the inner corners of my soul

Politics, News & Issues > Politics, News & Issues (Other) Should the US government decide what preachers can say from the pulpit

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Government cannot effectively deliver the mail, how can they possibly monitor what is preached in thousands of pulpits? The only problem with the question posed is that it does not go far enough. The current free speech battle is not in the pulpits of America, or the rest of the Western World for that matter. The current free speech battle is being fought in public venues, like our streets, sidewalks, and parks. So, the question that really should be on each of our minds is whether the government has the right to decide what preachers preach in any place. If free speech is going to remain ...

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