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Title: "The Cross in the Closet" -- Will You Read It?
Post by: emeraldize on October 14, 2012, 07:06:50 pm

I don't see this posted yet and it's got my curiousity piqued, fer sher.

I saw this HuffPo piece today. Please take a look at this link and tell me if this book would be of interest to you, likely ho-hum, been there-lived that, any feedback.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/13/timothy-kurek-straight-christian-pretends-gay_n_1963657.html?ncid=wsc-huffpost-cards-headline

Title: Re: "The Cross in the Closet" -- Will You Read It?
Post by: wolfter on October 14, 2012, 08:36:15 pm

As a usual skeptic, I read this with an open mind  Not sure what to make of it.  Not sure if he's testing the gay waters or is legit.  Those of us raised with strict religious indoctrination have issues with this entire subject.

Title: Re: "The Cross in the Closet" -- Will You Read It?
Post by: emeraldize on October 14, 2012, 09:13:48 pm

Thanks Wolfie. I wondered, too, if it's legit. I can envision the plight of his close friend being motivating. That he didn't clue in his own parents seems possible. Hopefully, it wasn't done with a book being the forecast outcome.

Title: Re: "The Cross in the Closet" -- Will You Read It?
Post by: wolfter on October 15, 2012, 12:18:40 pm

Thinking of creating my own experiment.  I'll come out as a straight man, complete with a girlfriend and everything.  I'll track peoples' reactions and see if I'm more accepted.   ;D

I'd just have to explain to people that I actually got the AIDS the clean way.

Title: Re: "The Cross in the Closet" -- Will You Read It?
Post by: emeraldize on October 15, 2012, 12:30:22 pm

You clever man...and what would you title your resulting book?

Title: Re: "The Cross in the Closet" -- Will You Read It?
Post by: wolfter on October 15, 2012, 12:41:45 pm

Quote from: emeraldize on October 15, 2012, 12:30:22 pm

You clever man...and what would you title your resulting book?

"I hesitate to articulate on the true course of rectitude for the fear of deviation".   ;D

Or perhaps, "One man's cure"....lol

Title: Re: "The Cross in the Closet" -- Will You Read It?
Post by: emeraldize on October 16, 2012, 12:02:08 am

One Man's Cure -- that works, simple, concise.

But Rectitude -- now there's a fetchin' word.