# How many religious fundamentalists are homosexuals in denial?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [December 4, 2006, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-religious-fundamentalists-are-homosexuals-in-denial/382868 "2006-12-04T21:31:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-religious-fundamentalists-are-homosexuals-in-denial/382868/21 "2006-12-05T07:10:08Z")

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[QUOTE=BrainGlutton]  
And, more importantly, how many does it take to change a light bulb? 🙂  
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2

One to replace the bulb when nobody is looking and another to say “It’s a miracle” when the light works again.

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-religious-fundamentalists-are-homosexuals-in-denial/382868/22 "2006-12-05T14:46:28Z")

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[QUOTE=BrainGlutton]  
Shouldn’t that be “and/or”? 😉  
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Not around here. Besides, “and/or” is redundant.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-religious-fundamentalists-are-homosexuals-in-denial/382868/23 "2006-12-05T14:59:09Z")

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[QUOTE=JRDelirious]  
On the broad big-picture scale? I speculate that probably a bit more percentagewise than in the general population, but not something huge, either;s just that those who are, have extra motivating factors to be specially intense about the rejection. Add also those who may not quite be, but upon experiencing an episode of sexual uncertainty, panicked about catching The Gay and then overcompensate.  
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I suspect it will be less than in the general population because even if they remain in denial or in the closet, I think the situation you describe can also express itself as a desire to escape from the fundamentalist culture.

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**Author:** ![athelas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@athelas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/athelas)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-religious-fundamentalists-are-homosexuals-in-denial/382868/24 "2006-12-05T15:04:46Z")

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[QUOTE=FriarTed]  
By the same logic of the homophobe=repressed gay, Der Trihs and badchad are on the verge of becoming Fire-Baptized, Blood-Washed Tongue-Talkers.  
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I personally have no problem with that.

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**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-religious-fundamentalists-are-homosexuals-in-denial/382868/25 "2006-12-07T19:51:45Z")

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[QUOTE=Ethilrist]  
Not around here. Besides, “and/or” is redundant.  
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How do you figure? Is “xor” used regularly in conversation or something, supplanting the common interpretation of “or” as the exclusive or?

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