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Such comments simply indicate, to me, how radically intolerant \u2014 and, yes, hateful \u2014 some of those advocating the redefinition of marriage and family have become over the past few years. \u00a0They can\u2019t seem to admit the existence of honest, sincere, decent, and well-intentioned people who dissent from their views.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 I\u2019ve seen comments describing this organization as a \u201chate group\u201d and characterizing this meeting, in advance, as a \u201chate fest\u201d: \u00a0 http:\/\/www.mormonnewsroom.org\/article\/elder-ballard-addresses-traditional-marriage-world-congress-families \u00a0 Such comments simply indicate, to me, how radically intolerant \u2014 and, yes, hateful \u2014 some of those advocating the redefinition of marriage and family have become over the past few […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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