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"Some people harbour an awkward clash of feelings - homosexual attraction on the one hand and shame or embarrassment about that attraction on the other. It is well known that the mind struggles to sustain conflicting views."
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Source: Glad to be gay, glad to be Tory by Evan Davis, www.theguardian.com. April 20, 2012.
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