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\u00a0 \u00a0 Ross Douthat exhorts secular liberals to become active in their old Protestant mainline churches again. \u00a0 Or, even better, to become Catholics with him. \u00a0 Or perhaps, even better still, to become Mormons. \u00a0(Yes, he really says that. \u00a0More or less.) \u00a0 Read it for yourself: \u00a0 https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/04\/15\/opinion\/sunday\/save-the-mainline.html?smid=fb-nytopinion&smtyp=cur&_r=0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/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-41411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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