I have family who is homosexual and I love them even though I know it's wrong.
2007-02-24 10:54:46 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Be careful now. Some of you are just as hateful as the christians you accuse.
2007-02-24 11:19:12 · update #1
my sis is very againsy homosexuality but she still loves me and proud of me
2007-02-24 11:35:55 · answer #1 · answered by Tara 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Well see there's a difference between not personally liking something for yourself and thinking that it's wrong for everyone.
Back in the day people used to think being left-handed was wrong. They actually thought it was evil and against God. My grandmother would have her knuckles rapped with a ruler in school any time she used her left hand to write or draw or anything. It was common practice to punish left-handers in school in this way. Now we don't think that anymore and let children learn to write with whichever hand is comfortable for them.
I'm left-handed. (I really am.) And that's what's right for me. And I have lots of friends who are right-handed. I don't think being right-handed is wrong. And they don't think that being left-handed is wrong. We just recognize that each person has a hand dominance that they were born with and whatever dominance it is, is okay.
Now, if we were back in the day of knuckle-rapping, and the right-handed girls in my class decided that I was doing something really wrong by using my left hand but that they loved me anyway, that wouldn't make them my friends. It would make them tolerant, but not accepting. It would still mean that they thought they were right and I was wrong. That I was more flawed than them. Friendships are not created out of inequality like that.
I can like a person and respect the other things they do even if they think that homosexuality is wrong. But I would never feel comfortable being friends with them because they have already made it clear that they think one of the things that is innate about me is wrong.
I was born liking both males and females. I was born left-handed. Neither of these things are things you can tell right from birth, but they make themselves known later. I can't be friends with someone who thinks that something I was born with is wrong, whether that's hand dominance, hair color, skin color, or sexual orientation.
This doesn't mean that I hate or avoid people who think homosexuality is wrong. Like I said I can still like the positive things about them. But they're not going to be invited over to my house for a family barbeque any time soon.
2007-02-24 19:45:39 · answer #2 · answered by Jen 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I work with a Christian who believes that being gay is wrong, and he is my closest friend at work. People CAN disagree, but as long as people are respectful to each other, there is no problem.
Just for your information, though, I think you should change your message to say that you BELIEVE it is wrong. I disagree with you when you say that you know!
2007-02-24 19:52:30 · answer #3 · answered by Tikhacoffee/MisterMoo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You know it is wrong? What a load of presumptuous twaddle! You don't "know" anything of the sort. There is nothing whatsoever wrong with homosexuality, it is a perfectly normal part of human sexuality. Some religions don't like it but so what? Religions are wrong in many things, they are wrong in this one.
2007-02-24 19:10:02 · answer #4 · answered by tentofield 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
No - "I" don't think it's possible. But hopefully your gay family member can still love you despite all of your wrongs.
PS how's your mother-in-law?
2007-02-24 19:44:48 · answer #5 · answered by ImUrMan 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I've experienced it and it is truly rewarding. You just about answered your own question, too. You're a good person for loving your family.
2007-02-24 19:00:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I could as long as they don't tell me how they feel about my homosexuality. As long as it's not an issue with them then sure.
2007-02-24 20:21:52 · answer #7 · answered by qdeezy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The best thing you could do would be to MAKE SURE it is wrong, by having a conversation with God. And the best way to do that, is to die-- so you get a chance to speak with him about it. So I recommend that you die.
2007-02-24 19:15:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
...There's no such thing as "against" your sexual orientation. Either they "share" your orientation, or they don't.
And of course. I have lots of straight friends, I don't mind them at all. =)
2007-02-24 18:59:00 · answer #9 · answered by tryxthis 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm sure they're delighted to still have your love. You seem so caring and tolerant. Such a wonderful person(.....)
2007-02-24 19:05:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋