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Religious fundamentalists are unaware that freedom of religion necessarily brings with it the freedom to mock religion.

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Sherman Alexie
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: October 7
Film Director
Film Producer
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
Wellpinit
Washington
Sherman Joseph Alexie
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Freedom
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