{"id":10183,"date":"2012-01-07T08:13:04","date_gmt":"2012-01-07T12:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nakedpastor.com\/?p=10183"},"modified":"2012-01-07T08:13:04","modified_gmt":"2012-01-07T12:13:04","slug":"gay-saturday-just-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/nakedpastor\/2012\/01\/gay-saturday-just-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"gay saturday: just friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/328\/2012\/01\/pretend-friends.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10184\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/328\/2012\/01\/pretend-friends.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have gay friends who have tried this maneuver. 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