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(RNS1-JUL22) Waving a “Don’t Tread on Me” flag, Mike Fannon of Kenner, La., gathers with hundreds of others at a Tea Party rally in Metairie, La. Many religious progressives question whether the Tea Party’s anti-government philosophy is actually anti-biblical. For use with RNS-TEAPARTY-POLITICS, transmitted July 22, 2010. RNS file photo by Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune.

(RNS1-JUL22) Waving a “Don’t Tread on Me” flag, Mike Fannon of Kenner, La., gathers with hundreds of others at a Tea Party rally in Metairie, La. Many religious progressives question whether the Tea Party’s anti-government philosophy is actually anti-biblical. For use with RNS-TEAPARTY-POLITICS, transmitted July 22, 2010. RNS file photo by Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune.

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