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Hey everybody, welcome to Latter Day Struggles.

This is your host, Valerie.

Pleased to be with you all here again today.

Once again, with my sweetie, Nathan.

Hi, Nathan Hamaker.

Good to be back.

How are you?

Very good.

We are here for episode four of a multiple-part series where we are tackling something that I am just absolutely obsessed with right now. And I'm sure, and if you're not living

under a rock, you are probably, if not obsessed, at least somewhat interested in the intersection

of politics and religion, mostly because I personally feel like

on the news, in our culture, in our society right now, especially if you're in the United

States of America, there is a lot going on having to do with our political climate and the impact that the current Donald Trump presidency

is having, not just on the country, but on the entirety of the world, and how some religions

and their leaders are choosing to speak up and how some are not. And this is something that I have been interested in

for a good little while, especially as we have relocated from the Midwest to the West Coast.

And the religious climate is radically different, as probably wouldn't surprise anybody. But

I'm just thinking to myself,

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