Would you accept your gay child? (teaching, toddlers, girls, college)
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A tough question I know, but how do you think you would react if your child came out to you as homosexual? I personally can’t speak from experience, but I’ve been thinking about it a lot recently. I know in my heart that I would be accepting no matter what, but it’s so hard to say how you would react to something until you experience it firsthand.
Absolutely!!
I'm catholic, the church does not accept gays but my thoughts are I'm a mere mortal so who am I to judge and I could NEVER turn my child away if they told me they were gay
I'm extremely touchy when someone tries to tell me that they KNOW how I feel about something without knowing who I am. Even then, who are you to presume with certainty?
'Can't categorize everyone as 'same-minded'. I don't tolerate that very well. This isn't against you, just the way you worded your opinion to include me.
Not seeing this as a YIPPEE!orOH NO! kind of situation. At all.
Geez, get over yourself. I can't figure out what you're talking about.
of course i would, who denies there child because of their sexual orientation? you are not to judge, god is!!!
It isn't a question of denying your child. A parent usually doesn't just stop loving their kid when something like this comes up, but does struggle with what is ahead and what their kid's life will be like.
I love my daughter with all my heart. She knows that. She'll always be my little girl. She knows that as well. She knows I'm struggling with accepting what will continue to be an issue in her life for years to come. We talk about it and she tells me she has already come to face some obstacles at school and with friends; some have accepted her, some have not.
If your kid is born with Down's Syndrome, do you love him or her less? No, but you do realize that his or her life won't be as easy as had he or she been born without it. You don't go around wishing a child born with it, but don't not love that kid because of it.
Nobody prays for a kid to be born with added obsticles to deal with. Parents pray for normal babies; healthy and normal. My daughter is normal in every way, except for her sexual orientation. I accept her in every way, but am struggling with her sexual orientation. She knows that. She's not suicidal because of it. She is patient and understands that it isn't something I wanted for her.
Geez, get over yourself. I can't figure out what you're talking about.
In response to this: "I believe most of you feel you would continue loving your child, but I also believe NONE OF YOU would be happy about your child being gay." and "What is this all about? Do you have a gay daughter? If you would have no problems with it, why are you so touchy about it?"
You stated that you believe "NONE" would be "happy" about their child being gay...believe what you want, but I responded that it wasn't that way for me.
It's not a matter of my getting over myself - which makes no sense at all - but you getting over the idea that someone might approach the situation with a different perspective.
So back 'atcha.
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I have to worry about my child doing well in school, obtaining a good and fulfilling career, becoming an honest and productive citizen, finding a way to change the world in a positive way...
...and somehow it's going to matter who he/she chooses to have a committed relationship with?
Should I worry if he/she prefers Miller over Bud Light, too?
No. I would disown them. It would also mean I failed as a parent.
So sad.
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