How to pronounce “affirming”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• present participle and gerund of affirm
• [Noun]
• The act of one who affirms something; an affirmation.
• [Adjective]
• That affirms.
• (Christianity) Accepting of same-sex/same-gender sexual relationships – or, more broadly, the gender identities, sexual orientations, and sexual relationships of LGBTQ people – on the same terms as those of cisgender, heterosexual people.

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