What would you do if your child came to you and said they were gay?
Would you still support him/her?
Would you accept his/her lover?
Vicki
2006-09-29 09:59:21 · 20 answers · asked by Miss Vicki 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
lcraesharbor - Thanks for the smile
2006-09-29 10:09:05 · update #1
jaycubb - thanks for the input..... interesting.
2006-09-29 10:10:12 · update #2
kingreef777 - Bless you.
2006-09-29 10:10:55 · update #3
horselover1416 - really? This is the first time I have seen it...........
2006-09-29 10:14:58 · update #4
mamdouh s & smillin dimsey - thank you for your honesty.
2006-09-29 12:02:42 · update #5
Vicki,
I would hope that I said this, with all lightness of heart and love from the deepest part of my soul:
Romans 8:38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
And then we would do something really special, because my son, MY son, or MY daughter trusted me with the info and the family would continue to make our pilgrimage to eternity.
2006-09-29 10:03:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
I realize (and have said for years) that one does not really know how they will react to a situation until they are actually in it.
(By the way, it (ones reaction) could also change will they are in it also). While I hope presently I would accept the person anyway. I think of the case with David and Jonathon. (2 Sam. 1:26), I believe that their relationship does include a sexual component.
Granted a 'homosexual' love can be abused; but I tend to believe currently that component is not my call.
2006-09-29 17:46:08 · answer #2 · answered by jefferyspringer57@sbcglobal.net 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well i would not really do anything rather than call her sit her down and talk some sense into her and let her know the consequences of what she is doing and i will not hesitate to tell her that if she doesn't flee i will disown her and i will also try to keep her away from those of her friends influencing her and that stupid lover of hers i will personally warn her that anytime i see her near my daughter she will regret her life on earth.I will not support her in anyway instead at that moment i think she needs me more to impact some sense into her and i will not forget to take her for deliverance after everything and i will also grand her at least for a month or two will be okay and i will make sure that i start monitoring her moves.
2006-09-29 17:29:26 · answer #3 · answered by smillin dimpsy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Absolutely - he/she is still the same person (maybe just not what you were expecting).
People need support at the most difficult times in their lives, and if they have been struggling with this, I would be there to help them through it. Why would anyone not help their child have a happy life?
I would be 100% supportive of anything my child chooses. (As long as it's legal and not stupid - just kidding about the stupid.)
Anyone see The Family Stone - that's us!
2006-09-29 17:05:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I had a 'net friend say she would disown her only son if he was gay. God's wish, he's a sinner. I hope she understands the ramifications of her being in a nursing home someday. I'm a casual acquatinence, but I would give her the demarol. I'd send her off to her hell for abandoning her only child.
2006-09-29 17:03:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yes to both--assuming the lover seemed to truly love my son or daughter,--but I have never had any problem with people being gay, so this wouldn't surprise them.
2006-09-29 17:02:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely positively without a doubt I will always always love her and support her. Gay or straight, short or tall. smart or stupid. ugly or pretty. funny or boring. what's the difference. Really? i love her because she's my daughter/friend. because she is good and kind and caring and compassionate and a million other reasons. NOTHING will ever change that.
2006-09-29 17:03:01 · answer #7 · answered by leavemealonestalker 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
As an atheist and generally moral person, I would support them though anything short of them being a serial killer. It is cruel to assume that your beliefs regarding homosexuality are correct when one is not a homosexual.
2006-09-29 17:03:42 · answer #8 · answered by reverenceofme 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
it really would make no difference to me either way.
I would hope that they at least adopt a child, so that they can know the joy,,and infinite fustration that goes along with being a parent.
2006-09-29 17:03:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
1.) Not a lot, as I'd likely know even before s/he came out--mothers tend to know a lot about their kids.
2.) Absolutely, unquestioningly.
3.) Absolutely, unquestioningly (so long as it were a healthy relationship, just as if s/he were hetero.)
2006-09-29 17:01:50 · answer #10 · answered by N 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋