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stuart
May 21, 2019 at 10:10 am
Two things:
1. If God created heaven and earth – then s/he also created gays.
2. To support this is the fact that about 9% of most species on earth are “gay”.
Humans are estimated at about 10%, with another 30% being bi-sexual.