I remember the week before the last band competition like it was yesterday. We were in bad shape. Our marching band’s color guard is a relatively new organization: it only materialized three years ago. I joined after its first year of existence, when the group was still struggling to make a name for itself. The attitude of skepticism which the whole band held about us made us want to work extremely hard in an effort to prove our worthiness...

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When I tell my friends that I identify as a Liberal Catholic, most call me a walking contradiction. From their perspective, this assumption makes sense. The Catholic Church, along with countless other religious organizations, has a long history of exclusivity and rigidity when it comes to its laws, usually taken directly from the Bible. In its essence, there seems to be nothing liberal about it. My parents have raised me in this faith since the day I was born; as...

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