I would say, for me, the most profound change has occurred because of the internet in general, not this website.
And that is that there is a wide diversity of belief and opinion among Mormonia, including people who hold views similar to my own.
Just sitting in Sunday School, I did not really have that impression.
Moreover, I believe the trend in the church is towards heterodoxy, and Prop 8 really brought out some things I didn't expect to see--run of the mill active members getting on the net, non-anonymously, and expressing their strong disapproval for the church's position. I'm not sure that occurs 25 years ago.
Hammers only fall on one nail at a time. When there are thousands of nails, hammers get discouraged.
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