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February 15, 2013
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"I'm thankful for having grown up in the church," Simon King, left, said of his time spent in church with his father, Rev. David King, right. "I've learned a lot." Simon, who is openly gay, no longer attends church but his father says that he strives for all to be treated with care and compassion in the church, regardless of their sexual identity.

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