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Southern Baptists to probe Richard Land’s Trayvon Martin remarks

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(RNS) Southern Baptist leaders say they will investigate whether their top ethicist and public policy director plagiarized racially charged remarks about the Trayvon Martin case that many have said set back the denomination's efforts on racial reconciliation. By Adelle M. Banks.

Topics: Ethics, Race & Ethnicity
Tags: ed stetzer, richard land, southern baptist convention's ethics and religious liberty commission, southern baptists convention, trayvon martin

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