“I have two answers to that. One: What if you are your own good cause? And Two: Do you really think a rectory filled with young, desperate men is really the place to get away from them?”
I laughed; yeah, he had a point. “Sometimes I listen to talk-radio. I’ve heard people say being gay is wrong, that if I pray hard enough that I won’t be gay anymore. That there are these programs, these camps where you can get cured.”
Mr. Bridge looked at me funny, like he wasn’t sure if my proposal was serious. “Be careful. If you listen to those voices long enough, they might start to make sense. And you don’t want that.”
“Well, It’s not just the radio. I’ve seen stuff on TV, and the Internet, too, so…” It seemed like no matter where I looked there were nasty comments about how evil gay people were, a
