If your child was Gay ...

[USER1234]

yes i would want a genetic legacy. I ain't going to have a afterlife so i want "me" to live on in one form at least

For all you know your gay child (and his partner) may wish to have a child through adoption or using a Surrogate mother/father and science has proven that children raised in same sex headed households are just as well adjusted and happy as those raised in opposite sex headed households

[Man or Mouse]

They would still be my child and therefore loved as such , simple as that for me !

Of course. But the sense of loss is similar to some form of a handicap whereby, that kid can never reach his/her potential in our view, which is domestic bliss.

I have been happily surprised at the most conservative of people talking about their kids "partners", hetrosexual of course, something they would never have accepted in times past but because it has come home, now do. So in time, I imagine it will be the same for the kid who turned out gay. He or she didn't choose that path and it is one that needs support and understanding. We who are not that way have a great difficulty in coping with that.

[chriskavo]

I would send him to the church of Scientology and cure him/her, and perhaps they might make him/her into a major movie star like Tom Cruise and John Travolta!

[Tony Soprano]

As I would have taught my kids to respect decent people regardless of their sexual proclivities, creed, race or colour, my love for my gay child would remain utterly unchanged.

Hear! Hear!

[EUrJokingMeRight]

Being a selfish git and wanting to see some intelligence, nay arrogance, perpetuated in the human race, I would like some of the old DNA to be passed on to the next generation.
I guess they could adopt but it would not be their kid and it would not be my grandchild. It would be someone elses child, reared by my gay child. That would be the reality in the cold light of day. I would be ok with that but I'd prefer the biological natural offspring of my child as my grandchild. Just saying, that's my preference.

[darkhorse]

This is not about gay rights etc so stop the hear hear
the question is about what you as a parent would think if your child were gay

[theloner]

Ask him to decorate the house, they have fabulous taste. And keep him away from the dog, obviously...

[daveL]

Most parents want to see their children suceed in terms of career, family and life
So what should a parent think if their their boy or girl comes home and says he or she is gay?
Personally i would be dissapointed but thats just me
This is not an anti gay thread - just a discussion for parents on how parents consider what might arise with their kids if they were gay
Are you ok with this?
What about your childs future?
Etc ...

I'd be gutted! Absolutely gutted. And some of my friends are gay. And I love them. But I'd still be gutted. And no amount of rationalisation will ever change that.

[alloverbartheshouting]

Maybe it would be your fault, that you were such a weak and ineffectual father that your son never had a manly role model, thus he wound up seeking what you never taught him to be.

Please tell me you've been availing of cheap Sam Adams again....

Manly? What's that to do with sexual orientation?

[daveL]

Capital G - I'd blame my partner and me for giving him/her such an ambiguous name.

lowercase g - I reckon that I'd be somewhat perplexed and perhaps even wonder about my own sexuality! But then I'd rationalise it by blaming the missus's side of the family!

Lol