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Few people expect that. Which is why the young man in the video was so heartbroken and why so many LGBTQ don't have the love and support of their own families. The LGBTQ know they have been preached against. They know conservative Christians believe they are sinners. They know their conservative parents will reject them and choose their religious beliefs over them. They know there are pastors preaching and telling people that same-sex marriage is a sin. They know they are rejected by conservative churches and the people who sit in them.
Move along folks. Nothing to see here. Just two more conservative Christians parents who aren't there for their gay children. Just more sadness and rejection caused by religious beliefs.
Hopefully that young man and his partner have loving people in their lives. People who will be there for them and support them because they don't carry the awful prejudices religion creates.
Imagine being gay parents and a kid grows up to think that it's a horrible sin. He even gets ordained in a church that teaches that homosexuality is sinful. Would you expect dad and dad to attend his ordination and be happy for him?
Imagine being gay parents and a kid grows up to think that it's a horrible sin. He even gets ordained in a church that teaches that homosexuality is sinful. Would you expect dad and dad to attend his ordination and be happy for him?
Has that happened, or are we playing make-believe? I will play.
What if these parents are being held hostage by a cult. The cult is everywhere, and they do not want to anger the cult? Although Mom was doing most of the talking, what if Dad were blinking H_E_L_P, and the camera missed it?
Why would we expect anyone to embrace that which they consider to be sin and an affront to their faith? It doesn't mean one stops loving the kid, but we can't expect them to suspend everything they believe in and embrace something they believe God has declared to be evil.
You talk about embracing someTHING. We're talking about embracing your CHILD. Those parents came nowhere near embracing their son. They kept him firmly at a distance.
Really no different than when a person doesn't respect his/her parents, for whatever reason, so the person doesn't invite them to his/her wedding even though the parents really want to go.
Nothing wrong with living by your own morals as long as you aren't breaking the law.
We all aren't going to agree about everything and support everyone about everything.
We all take the good and bad with the choices we make in life.
Imagine being gay parents and a kid grows up to think that it's a horrible sin. He even gets ordained in a church that teaches that homosexuality is sinful. Would you expect dad and dad to attend his ordination and be happy for him?
Would he invite his dads? I mean, if he thinks they're committing a horrible sin, and he can't show any sign of endorsing their relationship or it would be an afront to God, why would he want them there? Or would be stipulate that they have to sit on separate sides of the church, and not touch, or- God forbid - kiss.
It's always been my understanding that in Christianity, you 'hate the sin, love the sinner'...
Several Christians have spoken these words within my range of hearing them.
Guess this a lesser practiced thing among Christians.
Very sad all the way around.
I understand fully the emotional woes of being rejected by parents.
It's not a cool feeling at all regardless of the reason.
Imagine being gay parents and a kid grows up to think that it's a horrible sin. He even gets ordained in a church that teaches that homosexuality is sinful. Would you expect dad and dad to attend his ordination and be happy for him?
I'd expect Dad and Dad to wonder who brainwashed their child into believing the hurtful, prejudiced preaching of anti-LGBTQ conservative Christians.
Would he invite his dads? I mean, if he thinks they're committing a horrible sin, and he can't show any sign of endorsing their relationship or it would be an afront to God, why would he want them there? Or would be stipulate that they have to sit on separate sides of the church, and not touch, or- God forbid - kiss.
I want details.
I invited my non-religious family that I loved to my ordination. It was a big moment in my life and I wanted those that I cared for to be there.
Why would we expect anyone to embrace that which they consider to be sin and an affront to their faith? It doesn't mean one stops loving the kid, but we can't expect them to suspend everything they believe in and embrace something they believe God has declared to be evil.
What ever happened to hate the sin, but love the sinner? It's their SON for heck's sake. By going to his wedding, they are supporting him, not the wedding or disavowing their belief. It is a strange, twisted belief system of those, like you, who promulgate anything else. How are you different from a radical Islamist who hates Christians? What a disgusting philosophy.
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