connection, those who experience same-sex attraction need to focus on building nonsexual intimate friendships with people of the same sex and work on strengthening their sense of gender security in order to diminish same-sex sexual attractions. This particular theory, caricatured by the idea of the absent father and domineering mother, shaped evangelical ministry to gay people. Having listened to many people’s firsthand experiences, I can tell you that many Christian individuals in such support groups
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