He wished he had someone to talk to, someone who would understand. Link and Dale sure weren’t an option. He couldn’t go to his father or his minister—no way! He’d heard too many times from the church about such dangers as same-sex marriage, anti-discrimination laws, adoption by gay couples, and electing true Christian conservatives to get the country back on the road to righteousness. Thad couldn’t understand how any of these things were threats to civilization. But he kept his silence, knowing what the reaction would be to any admission on his part that he feared he was gay.