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\u00a0 \u00a0 It would be inaccurate to say that my vote would count for nothing at Wheaton College, near Chicago. \u00a0On the contrary: \u00a0With regard to theology, my vote, coming from\u00a0a Mormon, would almost certainly\u00a0do substantial damage to anyone or anything receiving\u00a0it. \u00a0 But I do want to publicly say, for what it\u2019s worth, that […]<\/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-29776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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