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Commentary: Nuclear families aren’t the ‘traditional’ ones. The Bible is full of blended and chosen families

Supporters of a policy which would notify parents if a child identifies as transgender in schools hold up signs outside a school board meeting in Murietta, California on Aug. 10, 2023.

In this election season, our newsfeeds will be flooded with stories about the culture wars. In the 1980s, when I was growing up, these issues were shaped by what was then a new force in politics, leaders of the religious right. As a kid in this era, I was strangely fascinated with the radio show “Focus on the Family,” a precursor to the booming

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