<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[a hard and a rock place]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://muirnin.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[David]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://muirnin.wordpress.com/author/muirnin/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[78. nevermore]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA["Unequally yoked" is a common saying among Christians, but I recently came to the conclusion that it may apply to apostates as well. The experience of leaving a religious institution is deeply defining. It's similar in some ways to having been in combat—that it’s difficult for those who haven’t experienced it to relate or fully appreciate the gravity of the emotional, psychological and social ramifications of the leaving. Now apply that to dating for a gay man.]]></html><thumbnail_url><![CDATA[https://muirnin.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/ominous_cross-e1317055065744.jpg?w=150&fit=440%2C330]]></thumbnail_url><thumbnail_width><![CDATA[]]></thumbnail_width><thumbnail_height><![CDATA[]]></thumbnail_height></oembed>