Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 03:22:18 -0700 (PDT)
From: Tyler Adams <tyleradamsbooks@yahoo.com>
Subject: The Paths We Chose Epilog

Epilog

So now you know. Sorry to disappoint many of you who have written to me and
asked when Phil and Alex were finally going to get together. Life's kind of
like that sometimes. The story was written to get the reader to consider
"the other side of the coin." To those who think all Christians are
homophobes, I hope you'll reconsider. In reality they are just people like
everyone else who are trying to find their way to the place they want to
be. To the Christian, my hope is that they too will reconsider their belief
that homosexuality is patently wrong for the same reason. In the end Alex
and Phil share love. Love on the deepest level. ...Love that cares about
the person and not the peripheral things that shape our lives.

Now before you wag your head at Phil's beliefs causing him to deny his
inmost being, consider reading Almost Straight, in the Relationship section
of the Archive (May 2012). In that story, Phil, who is now in college,
befriends someone like himself who helps him find himself. You may be
surprised at the ending of that one, because Phil figures out that
Christians can be gay without turning their back on God.  I hope you'll
read it and let me know what you think.

Tyler

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