The following items were side by side on the front page of the Salt Lake Tribune of April 22, 1991.

Hope:

A national committee of Presbyterians has shaken the church to its core by recommending the denomination rid itself of sexual taboos and viewing sexual relations as enjoyable by everyone including single men and women, gays and lesbians, and responsible adolescents. The majority report attacks the sexual attitudes of the church and this country as patriarchal, homophobic and biased toward heterosexuality. (Washington Post)

Despair:

A flurry of recent research has found that Americans believe in God and identify themselves as strongly religious. Seven of eight Americans identify with a Christian denomination. 96% of the population believe in God and 60% believe in eternal damnation in Hell." (Boston Globe)