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Openly Bob: Candid and Wry Comic Essays on Gay Life in a Straight Society

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“What's happening outside church walls is happening inside church walls. It is all part of the human experience. Ignorance and lack of education about sex, sexual orientation, gender identities, and human sexuality in general have led to harmful assumptions and poor pastoral counsel.”

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