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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Bob Smietana

Branson's God and country tourism draws patriotic Christians

Kit Doyle

A night at the Dolly Parton Stampede is a microcosm of life in these polarized United States.

For nearly two hours, on a hot August night, a capacity crowd divided by North and South, Red and Blue, tried to outshout the other side, egged on by leaders who referred to the other side by creative, G-rated terms of derision.

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