Demographer: US has 4M adults who identify as gay

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Demographer: US has 4M adults who identify as gay “Gates’ best estimate, derived from five studies that have asked subjects about their sexual orientation, is that the nation has about 4 million adults who identify as being gay or lesbian, representing 1.7 percent of the 18-and-over population. That’s a much lower figure than the 3 to 5 percent that has been the conventional wisdom in the last two deca

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Book Review - Washed and Waiting: Reflections on Christian Faithfulness and Homosexuality

Bob Hayton

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Homosexuality. The word stirs many reactions today. Many Christians who don’t know homosexuals personally remain puzzled and scared by this term. Many suspect the word does not picture a reality, only an intentional perversion of God’s created order. Pat answers are easy, and when it comes to homosexuality a simple Bible-based condemnation seems all that is in order. It is easier and more convenient for us to file the word, and whatever reality it represents, away into a tidy corner—far away from our experience.

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