Is it wrong to teach your children that homosexuality is wrong?

Question

I don't HATE gay people (I have gay friends) and I would never treat someone like crap just because they are gay. I think people's business is their business. However, I do believe it is wrong and I think that society is slowly trying to push it on people like me. I'm scared that when my son is grown anyone who does not agree with it will be seen as a bigot or like a racist. Is it wrong to disagree with it and to pass my belief system on to my child?

Answer 1

As long as you stand firmly with your own personal values and belief system- without teaching your children to be hateful, you are in the right.

Answer 2

Tough question. The pro-homosexuality crowd will say one thing. The fundamental right wing will say another. Honestly, I think you are wrong, but I don't think it is fair to come on here and judge you for it. It is your opinion and your child. So I will just say this: if you decide to teach your child that homosexuality is wrong, then fine, but make sure of two things. One is that you have a good explanation for him for why it is wrong and can explain studies that show that homosexuality is genetic. If you can't give a good reason for why homosexuality is wrong when people are born that way, then your child is going to be confused later. Second, make sure that you teach him to treat all people with respect and dignity. I can't say whether or not it is wrong to tell your child homosexuality is wrong, but I think I CAN say that it is wrong to teach your child to hate people and to treat them poorly because they are different than you are. There is a fine line here between just thinking homosexuality is wrong and being a bigot, like you fear your child will be labeled. If you can raise your child to be gentle, kind, and logical, then you may well be able to walk that fine line. I'm not sure, but I'm willing to consider it a possibility. Good luck!

Answer 3

I have a friend who's daughter is gay. My friend is very spiritual - she believes homosexuality is wrong (as I do) but she has let her daughter know from the very beginning that while she doesn't accept her lifestyle she does love her. And they have a wonderful relationship. Teach your child to be tolerant -- as long as he knows that it's not the person you dislike, it's the lifestyle. We all have our own beliefs, morals, standards, etc. - either the ones we grew up with or the ones we accepted through life's experiences. The point is - we are all different but we are all human beings; God created every single one of us. Accept and love each other for that reason. You don't have to agree with someone on every single issue in life to love and care about them.

Answer 4

No It's not wrong at all. In fact it would be very wise. The bible clearly says marriage is between one man and one woman. I was brought up in a christian home and was taught that homosexuality was sin. How ever I do know gay or lesbian people (i have family that is.). But it just burdens me more to pray for them. My parents always said love the sinner hate the sin. and that saying can apply to every thing. But do what your heart tells you. Don't completely rely on yahoo answers. Good Luck with this.

Answer 5

No...it is not wrong, if you go about it properly. You can teach them that it is a sin in God's eyes, and that all sin can be forgiven through Christ; but also teach them to accept people for who they are, instead of judging others. If you have gay friends, you are obviously not a bigot. You are also NOT a hypocrite, (unless you specifically choose your friends based on who they sleep with, which I doubt is the case!) I have gay friends too, and NONE of them would accuse me of being a hypocrite, because they KNOW my stance on homosexuality. I am not friends with them BECAUSE they are gay - I am friends with them because we share common interests, we have mutual respect for each other, and they have wonderful personalities & big hearts. They also know I respect their right to choose to live their lives as they please, because how they choose to live their life is none of MY business. But homosexuality is no more wrong than straight people who are promiscuous. You should teach your children that ALL sexual sin is wrong.

Answer 6

I faced the same kind of apprehension at a certain point of parenthood,but this article in the british constitution cleared all of my doubts.
The Buggery Act 1533 (25 Hen. VIII c. 6) was a sodomy law adopted in England in 1533 during the reign of Henry VIII, and was the first civil legislation applicable against homosexuals in the country, such offences having previously been dealt with by ecclesiastical courts. The law defined buggery as an unnatural sexual act against the will of God and man. This was later defined by the courts to include only anal sex and bestiality.

The Buggery Act was piloted through Parliament by Thomas Cromwell. The Act established punishment of buggery by hanging, a penalty not finally lifted until 1861. Some have suggested that bestiality was specifically included because of the fear of hybrid births.[citation needed]

Whilst it is sometimes suggested that the Act was introduced as a measure against the clergy during the separation of the Church of England from Rome, there is no firm evidence for this, and indeed the Act preceded the separation.

In July 1540, contravention of the Act, along with treason, led Lord Hungerford of Heyetsbury to become the first person executed under the statute, although it was probably the treason that cost him his life. Nicholas Udall, a cleric, playwright, and Headmaster of Eton College, was the first to be charged for violation of the Act alone – and probably in a politically motivated case – in 1541. In his case, the sentence was commuted to imprisonment and he was released in less than a year.

It was repealed in 1553 on the accession of Queen Mary. However, it was re-enacted by Queen Elizabeth I in 1563 and became the charter for all subsequent criminalisation in the English-speaking world. In England, only a few executions are known during the two centuries that followed. The Act itself was finally repealed by the Offences Against the Person (England) Act 1828 and the Criminal Law (India) Act 1828, though the crime remained on the statute books under other legislation. Buggery remained a capital offence in England until 1861; and the last execution for the crime took place in 1836.

The United Kingdom repealed its buggery laws in 1967, ten years after the Wolfenden report, but legal statutes in many former colonies have retained them, such as in the Anglophone Caribbean (see LGBT rights in Jamaica).

Answer 7

No you are not wrong. The bible will always say it is wrong. Show it to him in the bible when he gets older.

When my brother was younger, about 10 or 11, he wanted his ear pierced. My mom said no and showed him the bible where it said it was a sin. My mom told him that if he still wanted it to come back in a couple of years. He never came back and asked and he's now 24 with no piercings or tattoes. He said after he knew it was wrong in the bible he didn't want it anymore.

Answer 8

I think it is wrong to pass hate on to our next generation. Teach your son that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and that is fine, in my opinion. You don't have to agree with someones lifestyle to acknowledge they have a right to live the way they want.

Answer 9

It is your responsibility to pass on the truth to your children,and theirs to receive it. I don't hate anybody and wish everyone happiness and long life but. I don't understand how you believe it is wrong, yet claim to have friends of that nature?
Do you have any Friends that are serial killers or cannibals?
What I mean is, maybe you should teach your children by example, rather than do as I say not as I do method
If you want GOD to be part of your life on an every day basis don't surround yourself with things that GOD disapproves of..

Answer 10

Teaching your children that homosexuality is wrong is the equivalent of teaching intolerance. Society cannot force a straight person to be gay any more than it can force a gay person to be straight. You should teach your children to be tolerant and respectful of ALL types of people.