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#Truth&lies #Ego #Polarization #StrategicDialogue #TalkingAcrosstheDivide #Trump  LGBTQ activist Justin Lee writes in his new book, Talking Across the Divide, that "strategic dialogue" will heal this country. Read an excerpt below. A few years ago, I organized a public dialogue event on a college campus in a deeply conservative, heavily evangelical part of the country. The topic of the event was homosexuality and Christianity, a pairing that had already proven controversial on that campus and many others like it. In a series of one-on-one conversations and surveys prior to the event, it had become clear that the students were very divided. A fair number of members of the LGBT student group had come from Christian homes, but many had since left their parents’ faith, and most were deeply distrustful of the Christian groups on campus. Meanwhile, many members of those Christian groups, particularly those who identified as conservative or evangelical, likewise expresse...