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“Live and let live” is how many lols view their relatnship wh the gay newers, said Diane Mathias, 44, who is gay and a lifelong rint of Lost River Valley. “Some of the lols may say ‘gay people are damned to hell’ at church on Sunday, but they’ll still e here Monday morng to get their oil changed, ” said Ms.

Mathias, who said her regular ctomers know she is the legalizatn of gay marriage the District of Columbia and Maryland recent years, more gay upl are holdg their weddg receptns Lost River. The growg gay prence also has helped the enomy, as gay men and lbians add bs like the new Lost River Farmers Market and the Lost River Tradg Post, an upsle store that opened September nearby Warnsville.

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Dillard, a brawny 67-year-old who is gay. “Two or three upl would always be gay, ” he said. Dillard cid to make the Guthoe an official gay tablishment.

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He has veloped and sold more than 400 hom the Lost River Valley, the vast majory to gay upl. But ’s clear that attus toward gays ntue to evolve.