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by Bryant Haskins, NC Biotech — December 11, 2020 . Most of us never consider where we get vanilla, that ubiquitous flavor found in everything from ice cream to over-the-counter medicines. Elo Life Systems does. The Durham food and agriculture company is applying the power of genomics to improve the plant that supplies the most widely used extract in the consumer products industry. And it’s none too soon for the long list of multinational companies that use vanilla – close to 18,000 products contain natural or artificial vanilla flavoring. Or for farmers in some of the poorest countries...

>> i beg your pardon? >> i know people testified for it from the platform, but according to a number of gay groups there who weren't allowed to have booths where the platform was, they weren't allowed to argue against it because of a parliamentary procedure. debate was closed before they had a chance to voice their opposition. you're aware of that, right? >> i think we're conflating the process. in the platform committee, there was testimony on the issue. >> who testified, do you know? >> i don't know. i wasn't there. but let me be clear. when the platform came to the floor, there were a numbe...

Against it because of a parliamentary procedure. debate was closed before they had a chance to voice their opposition. you're aware of that, right? >> i think we're conflating the process. in the platform committee, there was testimony on the issue. i wasn't there. but let me be clear. when the platform came to the floor, there were a number of amendments to be offered. i had some on physical matters and other matters. those did not get debated because folks wanted to close debate and go on. . there were plenty of discussion on both sides of this issue. >> i want to play a clip of an interview...

Who have been through exodus, people who have worked, in some cases, for years to change their orientation. people who have attempted suicide in some cases. in lisa ling's special report god and gays, they actually confronted you and you apologized to them directly. i want to play one clip from that documentary from a man named sean. >> i woke up one day, my friend went to work and he had a loaded gun in his closet and i was so happy about dying it felt like i was opening a christmas present. that's how i felt. i went over to the closet and i stood there and i pray that prayer that i had praye...

>> i woke up one day, my friend went to work and he had a loaded gun in his closet and i was so happy about dying it felt like i was opening a christmas present. that's how i felt. i went over to the closet and i stood there and i pray that prayer that i had prayed probably a million times, and i said god, why will you not change me? and i can't describe it, but something from the outside, alan, told me not to take my life, and i said god, why won't you change me? and it said to me because there's nothing that i need to change about you. >> amen. >> i was wondering what personally was going th...