Wow<\/a>. \u00a0This from a man who, only a few years ago, was quoted as saying if he would outlaw Christianity if he could. \u00a0I guess there\u2019s not much to say. \u00a0Take it at face value, and hope this means we can fine common ground on how to reach out and help others, even if we disagree with some of the beliefs and defining philosophies we have while we\u2019re doing it. \u00a0Anyway, for now, kudos to Sir Elton, whose music I always preferred to Billy Joel\u2019s (I always saw them as two kindreds on separate sides of the stage \u2013 I don\u2019t know why). <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wow. \u00a0This from a man who, only a few years ago, was quoted as saying if he would outlaw Christianity if he could. \u00a0I guess there\u2019s not much to say. \u00a0Take it at face value, and hope this means we can fine common ground on how to reach out and help others, even if we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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