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The day I decided to stop being gay
http://www.timesonline.co.uk ^ | January 18, 2010 | Patrick Muirhead

Posted on 07/14/2010 9:26:26 AM PDT by Maelstorm

A minor incident in a barber’s shop last week has helped me to realise that I may no longer be gay. Not a fully fledged homo, anyway; perhaps not even a part-timer who helps the team out when it’s busy. It appears I may be going straight.

I was in Tenterden, the Kentish village where I was brought up and to which I have lately returned, working at a nearby aerodrome as a helicopter pilot. I was waiting my turn for a chatty Latvian to apply the hot towels and razor.

A handsome young dad entered with a small, fair-haired boy at his side. The man took a seat and hoisted the wide-eyed child proudly on to his knee. The first haircut, I speculated inwardly, as an unfamiliar fatherly glow and feeling of mild envy swept over me. I could not tear my attention away from the mirrored reflections.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: agenda; alfranken; barrysoetero; exgays; homosexual; homosexualagenda; pennandteller; psychology
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This is a very good story. Very seldom do I see this degree of honesty concerning this issue.
1 posted on 07/14/2010 9:26:29 AM PDT by Maelstorm
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To: Eaker

Relevant to your new year’s resolution ping.


2 posted on 07/14/2010 9:28:00 AM PDT by humblegunner (Pablo is very wily)
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To: Maelstorm

So there’s hope for Keith Olbermann?


3 posted on 07/14/2010 9:29:32 AM PDT by domenad (In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)
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To: Maelstorm

wickedly funny

I hope he makes it


4 posted on 07/14/2010 9:30:28 AM PDT by silverleaf (Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.)
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To: Maelstorm

When purpose is not know, abuse is inevitable.


5 posted on 07/14/2010 9:30:48 AM PDT by taxcontrol
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To: Maelstorm
Patrick Muirhead

Ummmmm, errrrrr...oh, never mind.

6 posted on 07/14/2010 9:32:30 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: Maelstorm

Amusing article. So, if you can be “born gay”, I guess you can be “born bisexual”. but where does a guy like the writer fit in?


7 posted on 07/14/2010 9:32:46 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte ( Pray for Obama- Psalm 109:8)
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To: Tijeras_Slim; Constitution Day

Ping.


8 posted on 07/14/2010 9:34:17 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Maelstorm
How good will it feel to see a smile break across an unhappy child’s face? That is my goal.

I would still worry a little about this guy. Many homosexuals have the desire quoted above -- most of the time, that's not a good thing.

9 posted on 07/14/2010 9:34:29 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: silverleaf

I thought so too. I hope he does. There are an aweful lot of “gays” who just had a bad go of it. Their first sexual experience was at the hand of an older youth or man abusing them. Sounds like he may be a case of that. If it is I pray he deals with that because those demons don’t go away easily.
I know of more than one case like that.


10 posted on 07/14/2010 9:36:44 AM PDT by Maelstorm (This country was not founded with the battle cry "give me liberty or give me a govt check!")
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To: ClearCase_guy

I’m not sure I’d entirely trust this guy around my kids ...


11 posted on 07/14/2010 9:37:11 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: Maelstorm

I wish him well as he comes to realize many things about himself. A very good writer to boot.


12 posted on 07/14/2010 9:37:42 AM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius
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To: ArrogantBustard

OTOH, I pray for his success in turning away from buggery.


13 posted on 07/14/2010 9:38:17 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: Maelstorm

How queer the british are.

their whole public school thing is a one big fag indoctrination social system.

the ‘rabid heteros’ as he puts it needs to take charge and change things back.

I understand there will always be ‘that type’, but some cultures seem to foster it more than other....and we seem to be heading down that same slippery slope


14 posted on 07/14/2010 9:38:39 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Maelstorm

This guy is about to discover what it’s like to be eviscerated by the left.

- JP


15 posted on 07/14/2010 9:39:00 AM PDT by Josh Painter ("Every time a Democrat mocks Sarah Palin, an independent gets its wings." - JP)
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To: Maelstorm

Thank God I was molested by my female babysitter repeatedly


16 posted on 07/14/2010 9:39:19 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom sarc ;))
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To: Anitius Severinus Boethius
A very good writer to boot.

Quite. Most homosexual writers of his sort are severely annoying.

Of course, he's not really a homo any more ... (or so he claims, and I pray he's right.)

17 posted on 07/14/2010 9:39:50 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: martin_fierro

You have to question the motives of anyone who consorts with chatty razor wielding Latvians.


19 posted on 07/14/2010 9:43:56 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (Live jubtabulously!)
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To: Maelstorm; little jeremiah

Excellent article. I hope he finds his loving lady.


20 posted on 07/14/2010 9:44:01 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (If Bam is the answer, the question was stupid.)
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