Let's start with an irksome but necessary disclaimer, Mr. Chairman. I am not now nor have I ever been a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or of any of its offshoots or permutations. I belong to the Church of Rome by way of conversion.
I mention my history here only because it is highly relevant to this symposium about the future of social conservatism in America. I grew up the son of a Baptist minister and have thus observed firsthand the deep suspicions evangelicals evince toward Mormons.
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