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I would have no problem with it if my child were gay. It makes no difference to me really. I already support gay rights issues, and I would continue to lobby for her rights, hoping that one day she will be able to legally marry her partner.
Capt. Dan said his/her bit, which sounded to me like "Rant rant rant!"
So much for Rakin's assertion:Looks to me like there is still a need.
Why dont you reread the original question? i simply answered it! No rant here. Having been a nurse in California for almost 30 years and working with THOUSANDS of AIDS patients, I certainly have reasons for my opinion.
I did read the original question, Dan. I also re-read both your responses and to me, they both sounded like rants. Perhaps it was the number of exclamation marks and capitalized words that made your responses seem that way. Or perhaps it was when you suggested an education-level challenge
You are, of course, entitled to your opinion just as I am entitled to mine. You have expressed your opinion regarding how you'd respond if your child told you he was gay and I have expressed mine. The opinions differ. So be it.
By the way, I'm no nurse, but I believe heteros get diseases (including AIDS), too, don't they? Or is it just gay people?
In any event, let's not allow these side-topics turn into a hijack of the TC's original question.
Capt. Dan said his/her bit, which sounded to me like "Rant rant rant!"
Hang on. I don't agree with what Capt. Dan said at all. At the same time, I think it is really pointless to post a thread asking for people's honest opinions and then flog them mercilessly if somebody doesn't offer up one that jibes with your own enlightened viewpoint.
Hang on. I don't agree with what Capt. Dan said at all. At the same time, I think it is really pointless to post a thread asking for people's honest opinions and then flog them mercilessly if somebody doesn't offer up one that jibes with your own enlightened viewpoint.
exactly.
we won't all agree with each other, but we can't slam them for having their own opinion.
this forum would be a darn boring place if people were afraid to be different.
Dont we all, as parents, have an obligation to teach our children what WE think is right and wrong? Nowhere in my response did i say that i wouldnt love my child if they were gay. Nowhere in my post did i say that my child didnt have the right to be gay. Isnt it every parents right to allow what THEY deem appropriate into their home?
Here's one for the other side! If my child were of age, I'd pack their bags and give them their first months rent. It's wrong and unnatural. Youre my child. i will always love you but you cant live that lifestyle and live in my home. Nothing religious about my response by the way. IMO, somethings ARE JUST WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OK, now think sensibly.
I'm not a parent myself, but looking back at the havoc my siblings and I wreaked on our parents during our teen years, and hearing the outbursts from parents I know ("if my daughter EVER turned up pregnant before getting married, I'd <insert some dire action>"), folks raising kids often blast their mouths before really thinking of the consequences.
So you'd boot your kid out at hearing the news? No matter the circumstances that reaction might cause? What if they, in return, said "I can't help the way I am, I believe G*d made me this way. I love you Mom/Dad but if you can't accept me the way I am: a person who can't change what they are, then we sure aren't going to have a very good relationship from here on out." What would you do then?
*shrug* I never got the parent thing - the desire to have kids. I do know that, in a sensible fashion, you never know how your kids will turn out. They may disappoint you in many ways, but as long as their lives turn out to be productive and somewhat happy; that they aren't a malicious drain on society; then you should accept them. Otherwise, why get into the parenting deal in the first place? It's a crap shoot and you have to deal with the hand that's been laid out to you.
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>"), folks raising kids often blast their mouths before really thinking of the consequences.
