Alchymyth,
Thank you for the help. I did a search before posting my question, and saw a similar thread with that answer. However, my theme is coded nothing like that. Here is the main template (index.php)
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Here is the code from the comments template:
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And finally the portion labeled "comments" in the css template
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Does that shed any light? Can you offer any more help?
Thank you.