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State Representative Gordon Denlinger has suspended work on a bill to amend the state constitution to ensure freedom of conscience for citizens who refuse to provide services for reasons of conscience or religion.\u00a0 He explained that he encountered difficulty in drafting\u00a0the amendment so as to avoid providing a legal pretext for unjust discrimination.\u00a0 [insurancenewsnet.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

State Representative Gordon Denlinger has suspended work on a bill to amend the state constitution to ensure freedom of conscience for citizens who refuse to provide services for reasons of conscience or religion.\u00a0 He explained that he encountered difficulty in drafting\u00a0the amendment so as to avoid providing a legal pretext for unjust discrimination.\u00a0 [insurancenewsnet.com]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,28],"tags":[1192],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-4832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-usa","tag-pennsylvania"],"yoast_head":"\r\nPennsylvania legislator abandons plan to amend state constitution - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4832\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pennsylvania legislator abandons plan to amend state constitution - 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