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The Rutherford Institute is a non-profit group based in Charlottesville, Virginia dedicated to the defense of civil liberties, human rights, and religious liberty. It was founded in 1982 by John W. Whitehead. It is often described as a conservative organization.with roots in the millenarian Christian right,It has participated in many legal actions, including assisting Paula Jones in her lawsuit against U.S. President Bill Clinton in 1997 and John Freshwater in his ongoing court cases related to corporal punishment and teaching creationism in a public school classroom. - Source: Wikipedia

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