>>I have not pursued going to the Philly group for three reasons:
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>>(1) I attended a Gay Pride event there in the late 90s when I was on the Indy Gay Pride board for a short time. (No, I'm not gay. A co-worker friend of mine rented a room from a woman who was on the board, and she introduced me to them. At that time I was not a Christian, and I believed in the "equal rights" system, even desiring to do my part to help out). I equate Philadelphia with that event in my mind.
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>Oh, brother...(oh, wait, Philly is the city of brotherly love.) Yeah, I can see why you'd want to stay away.
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>(Hopefully everyone else realizes I'm being facetious)

facetious - for sure. But also sure I'm not getting a real picture (probably some connection with the Hanks movie and Philly I always missed).
Enlighten us poor foreign souls, (to stay in religious chatter mode)