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many people think homosexual and gay are synonymous, but to be homsexual doesn't mean that a person is gay.

The non-gay homosexual, often found in churches (although they are not necessarily limited to churches) have same-sex attractions and feelings, and they may even engage in same-sex behavior, but they do not identify with the gay sociopolitical identity. Some may see themselves as having heterosexual values and want to live a heterosexual life; others are reconciled to their homosexual tendencies and do not seek to be heterosexual.

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