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“How is the homosexual person, whom God created in his and her image, supposed to accept this teaching from the Church when their ability to love—as with heterosexual persons—is hard wired into them?” quote by Charles Benedict — Download Open image

““How is the homosexual person, whom God created in his and her image, supposed to accept this teaching from the Church when their ability to love—as with heterosexual persons—is hard wired into them?””

Charles Benedict

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