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\u201cWhy are we Protestants, who exist because of people willing to question the status quo, so hostile to those who in turn question us?\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n

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\u2014 Mason, \u201cIn which I\u2019m tired of the witch hunts<\/a>\u201d at New Ways Forward<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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