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I'm not a parent, yet. But I know that when my child realizes the gender that they're attracted to, it's not going to affect me. I'm attracted to both women and men. I never really knew about gay and bisexual people until I got into high school, but I've never had any objections to it. Love is love in my eyes. The only thing that I'll ever worry about is bullying that my child may get. I'm hoping that I'll be able to raise a child who will be strong enough to make it through any bullying and realize that they just don't understand. I don't want my child to ever think that being gay or bisexual would make them any less of a person. I was never brought up with a religion but my parents were really accepting when I brought home my ex girlfriend. Gay and bisexual acceptance is growing, and hopefully at some point, it'll be like race and not as big of a deal anymore. Who someone is attracted to only affects the people involved in the relationship.
I'm conservative, the libertarian kind not the religious kind. If my son who is two turns out to be gay I would be disappointed for maybe a day or so. A heterosexual father who tells you he wouldn't intially be upset or disappointed if his son was gay is lying. But after that I'd remember what the most important thing is and that is that my son turns out to be a decent human being who treats others with respect, kindness and compassion.
It's sad to see how some are capable of treating their own flesh and blood.
I'm a hetero woman who agrees wholeheartedly with this post. Would it take some getting used to? Yes, it would.
But - I would love my boy no matter WHAT and want him to be a part of my life.
I am SO glad and encouraged to see so many positive responses. I was afraid there would be more negative "not in my family" kind of responses. While C-D is by no means a reflection of the total population (although it would be interesting to see breakdown statistics of our users), I am heartened that the majority of the responses so far have been accepting.
I have no idea if my conservative family (Parents, grandparents, aunts/uncles) would ever accept an openly gay family member. The younger generation (my cousins and their children) seem to be far more accepting. We did have one great-aunt who was in the military and never married, whom I suspected was a lesbian. When she died her longtime companion was listed in the obituary so it was finally confirmed, but she was not close to the family and was never out to us.
I am SO glad and encouraged to see so many positive responses. I was afraid there would be more negative "not in my family" kind of responses. While C-D is by no means a reflection of the total population (although it would be interesting to see breakdown statistics of our users), I am heartened that the majority of the responses so far have been accepting.
I have no idea if my conservative family (Parents, grandparents, aunts/uncles) would ever accept an openly gay family member. The younger generation (my cousins and their children) seem to be far more accepting. We did have one great-aunt who was in the military and never married, whom I suspected was a lesbian. When she died her longtime companion was listed in the obituary so it was finally confirmed, but she was not close to the family and was never out to us.
Life is to short too get hung up on such things. We each have 60 maybe 80 years on this planet to find a little peace and happiness so who is one person to tell two other consenting adults that they do not have the right to be together because they are the same sex. It makes no sense to me. As a libertarian I think the golden rule is do whatever you want as long as you're not harming anyone else. Some may argue that homosexual relationships have a negative impact on society. I don't see it that way. In any event I think the predjudic some hold towards homosexuals may be based in the fact that they have never actually met a homosexual. Most likely if they did they'd see how much in common they have with them and their negative feelings would be abated. As individuals we are much, much more than our sexual orientation.
Here we go again with another poorly disguised thread promoting this tiresome gay agenda thing. I wish people would give it up...it really does not serve any useful purpose...of course we are now going to hear sob stories about how a nasty "conservative" father or mother - rejects and breaks the heart of some poor gay child..how they never spoke to them again ..and how horrible these parents are.
My adult children are all heterosexual, but even if they weren't, it would not effect my relationship with them at all. We are religious. My aunt tried to pushed my cousin into the priesthood because he was gay (he refused) and she never spoke about it. He died of AIDS at 29. Our next door neighbor who was 2 years younger than me went from dating guys to only women when we were in our early 20's. She remained a lesbian the rest of her life. Her Mom loved and accepted her always. She passed last year at 53 from brain cancer, but she did get to marry her partner 3 weeks before she passed away.
I went to a PFLAG meeting tonight - they are trying to start up a chapter in our area since the previous one lapsed several years ago. An interesting point made was that years ago parents would come to PFLAG and say "My kid just told me he is gay - how can I fix that/change him?" But now parents are coming to meetings and saying "My kid just told me s/he is gay - how can I keep her safe at school? How can I be supportive?"
I will accept and love my children no matter their sexual orientation. My only fear would be the ridicule they might suffer as teens or young adults; and I fear the reaction of certain relatives. I would have no problem cutting ties with those family members in defense of my child.
I will accept and love my children no matter their sexual orientation. My only fear would be the ridicule they might suffer as teens or young adults; and I fear the reaction of certain relatives. I would have no problem cutting ties with those family members in defense of my child.
I think that is becoming less of an issue to be Honest Kibbie. Kids are more accepting of homosexuality than a lot of adults.
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