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My priest tells me i should not date a mormon but im just too in love with you that i'm willing to take risks

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Ellen Hopkins
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 26
Novelist
Writer
Long Beach
California
Ellen Louise Hopkins
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Willing
Take
Mormon
Love
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Priests
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