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“I don’t know, but I don’t think we should assu”

Next canized male voice: “Come on Haven’t you seen the way they look at each other? They’re clearly gay”

“I saw them in the conference roo”

“We were not,” Paul argued with the unknown voice

“How does so?” Julie asked

Ian laughed at this

“What I think… This question of being gay or not gay… I don’t think that it’s a probleay, but I don’t know if Paul should… Isn’t the question whether or not Paul is a good minister? Because I remember, you knoe met for the Worship Committee… Oh, that was the time that Ian ran out of the house wasn’t it? See, it see on there”

“Rella,” Ian and Paul said in unison

“I know Paul is fond of Ian, but I always assumed he felt protective of hiay doesn’t necessarily ay too,” said an older woman

“But that’s the most likely explanation, isn’t it?” Mike said “All the other reasons are kind of a stretch”

“I just want to say soay? My husband and I are new to the church, and we came because we liked theand helpful to us As far as I’ht or fro to keep co”

Another female voice: “I’ adults do in the privacy of their own home…”

What two consenting adults do in the privacy of their own ho that expression about him?

“But we’re trying to grow our membership We have to be realistic If you’d heard that this church had a gay one somewhere else?”

“It wouldn’t have made any difference to us”