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Mr. JOHN GARVEY (Dean, Law School, Boston College): I've heard people say that it isn't really that central to what the Catholic Church is about.

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"I've got lots of examples from research where college students and older say, 'I feel uncomfortable in a certain situation, and I trace it back to news or movie, ' " she said.

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