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Why Are Christians and Latter-Day Saints Under Attack?

Some very troubling, very real, very visceral, visible, and scary attacks against Christians have happened over the past few weeks. As an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints myself, seeing these attacks has been troubling. At the same time, I aim to see other people's viewpoints and seek to understand how people could get to a place of such anger and hate to carry out such murderous acts. What is it about Christians that people seem to hate. Perhaps it's the "other" things that come along with being Christian. Being different. Being bold. Standing for things that aren't popular. Standing up for heterosexual marriage. It can be complicated. I have good friends and even family members who are members of the LGBTQ+ community. They are wonderful people. In my eyes, they are even Christlike, often in more ways than I am. I can not even imagine how painful it must be for them to grapple with the fact that if they marry someone they love of t...