{"id":10671,"date":"2012-12-31T11:45:30","date_gmt":"2012-12-31T15:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=10671"},"modified":"2017-10-15T14:54:35","modified_gmt":"2017-10-15T18:54:35","slug":"obama-administration-we-can-and-will-force-christians-to-act-against-their-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/obama-administration-we-can-and-will-force-christians-to-act-against-their-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Administration: We Can and Will Force Christians to Act Against Their Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Terence P.\u00a0 Jeffrey<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(CNSNews.com) &#8211; In a legal argument formally presented in federal court in the case of Hobby Lobby v. 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