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#  IMPORTANT READS

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### I Will No Longer Be a Millennial Hand Grenade

Written by Dan Moore on December 13 2018.

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## [Pope Should Ban Priesthood, Not Homosexuals](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16719:pope-should-ban-priesthood-not-homosexuals&catid=9)

Theologically I am in total agreement with him that the Christian New Testament speaks of a preferential option for the poor, a radical call to aboli…

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Written by Bob Gelfand on December 13 2018.

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Written by Victor Rothman on December 06 2018.

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Written by Peter Certo on December 06 2018.

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Written by Quinta Jurecic on December 06 2018.

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Written by Patrick Young on November 29 2018.

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Written by ACLU on November 29 2018.

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Written by S. Novi on November 29 2018.

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Written by Umair Haque on November 29 2018.

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Written by Abby Zimet on November 29 2018.

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Written by George Cassidy Payne on November 29 2018.

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Written by Mark Sherman on November 21 2018.

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Written by Umair Haque on November 21 2018.

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Written by S. Novi on November 21 2018.

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Written by Francie Diep on November 15 2018.

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Written by S. Novi on November 15 2018.

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Written by S. Novi on November 12 2018.

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Written by George Cassidy Payne on November 12 2018.

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