What Would You Do If Your Child Came Up To You, One Day And Told You He/She Is Gay??

[Johnboy60]

Hi, I found this post on another forum asking parents what would they do if their child came to them about being Gay.

Would You Still Love Them And Accept Them As Your Child Or Would You Disown Them?


Robert.

 

[RJ1]

Love them. Nothing could ever make me disown one of my children.

 

[karla]

Same here. I could never disown one of my children.

 

[BeanMak]

They are mine no matter what they do

 

[selune]

Love them. No doubt. If we are to even love our enemies why on earth would I stop loving my child because of this?

 

[Swtsnshyn]

Actually this is no different than a person coming to his/her parents and letting them know that he/she is chooses to do ____ (anything that is a wrong). Homosexuallity is a sin against oneself just as fornication (sex outside of marriage) and adultry are.

I love my children unconditionally. I would continue to love him/her and would still welcome him/her. However, I would pray that his/her eyes would be opened and that his/her heart would be changed.




God Bless!!
Dawn
Shining brightly for Jesus

 

[herev]

my daughter is my daughter. The child my wife is carrying is my child--they are gifts from God and I, for one, will not give them up. I may not like many of their choices in life, just as they might not like mine, but I would never, ever disown them

 

[Zoomer]

I will still love my children even if I do not agree with their choices in life.

 

[bliz]

It would be a hard blow, no two ways about that.

But I will never stop loving them and I could never disown any of my chidren.

I trust that nothing I do would ever cause them to disown me.

 

[Jillian1527]

I love my girls no matter what. I will be happy for them no matter what. That is there personal descion.

 

[Jenna]

I would be disappointed, for sure. However, it doesn't mean that I would love her any less. I would not pretend that the choice is ok, wouldn't fuzz over it to make her happy. But, I would love her just as much as I do now, and pray daily that the Lord would soften her heart toward what is RIGHT. No matter what my child does, she will always be my child. It is impossible for me to disown her, even if I think that she is making a horrible mistake.

 

[selune]

I have been thinking about this and I think that comparing the two situations of a child telling me they were gay and telling me they had killed someone, I would find it far easier to understand and be supportive through the former situation. The child may be gay and never act out anything, or they may refrain from the physical behaviors after having committed sins and the harm done is not a permanent one. But once having killed someone, they can never bring that person back, there is no action they can do to change things. Yes, they can seek forgiveness, but even in being forgiven, there is irreparable damage done. One can argue that having homosexual activity has also irreparable damage, but I guess my problem is the degree of said damage. *Hmm, wanders off thinking...*

 

[greenessa]

The bible says we should love them that have yet to know him... I believe this by all means includes our children too when they make choices that aren't in living a Godly life.

 

[Why?]

I would love my child. I would help him fight for equal rights. And I would take a stand for him. After all, part of being a parent is standing up for your child, your flesh and blood. God wouldn't love him any less and neither would I.

 

[HeatherJay]

I'll always love my children more than anything in this world and I would never, ever disown them. And I agree fully with selune's last post.

 

[desi]

If they said they were gay acted on it I would disown them.

 

[Ave Maria]

I would tell them that I seriously disagree with their choice but I'd still love them and would not disown them.

 

[HeatherJay]

If they said they were gay acted on it I would disown them.

Good thing God doesn't disown us when we mess up, huh?

 

[desi]

Good thing God doesn't disown us when we mess up, huh?

Who says he doesn't until we straighten up and fly right? Hell isn't as empty as you may think.

 

[oldrooster]

I love my kids more than life itself, I would not be real happy with it, but I would never love them any less. Thank God Jesus feels the same way about me.