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I\u2019m not optimistic \u2014 demonizing and hating those with whom one disagrees seems to offer a perverse sort of gratification in all too many cases \u2014 but I like this article.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 Jacob Hess suggests a way to help Latter-day Saints and their critics get beyond the hateful, polarizing rhetoric that has ensued in the wake of the Church\u2019s policy explanation on homosexual marriages and children being raised in homosexual homes: \u00a0 https:\/\/www.opendemocracy.net\/transformation\/jacob-hess\/are-mormons-villains-or-just-people-with-different-story-about-their-ident \u00a0 I\u2019m not optimistic \u2014 demonizing and hating those with whom one […]<\/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-28496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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