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The owners of CougarBoard are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, which also owns Brigham Young University. Because of our strong feelings about the LDS Church, we do not want the resources of CougarBoard used against it. In addition, since many visitors to this site may not be familiar with the LDS Church or its doctrine, we feel that this isn't the appropriate place for some otherwise appropriate but potentially controversial discussions regarding church history, leaders, policies, or doctrine.

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