If your child was Gay ...

[darkhorse]

I'd prefer to stay the way I am.

This thread is about parents who's hids declare they are gay
Stay as you are (however that is) but irrelevant to the point

[alloverbartheshouting]

Ah. The true colours come out (no pun intended). Took all of 2 pages.

Well said Kev. Was waiting for the other shoe to drop...

[Mercurial]

This thread is about parents who's hids declare they are gay
Stay as you are (however that is) but irrelevant to the point

It's relevant to your claim that being gay carries lots of baggage. Whatever baggage it may carry does not suggest that the child will ultimately be better off or worse off than if they had been born straight.

If parents were more disappointed to learn that their children were homophobes than homosexuals, the question of baggage wouldn't arise in the first place.

[darkhorse]

It's relevant to your claim that being gay carries lots of baggage. Whatever baggage it may carry does not suggest that the child will ultimately be better off or worse off than if they had been born straight.

That is the issue for parents to discuss on this thread....
Are you the parent of a gay child or not?

[Mercurial]

That is the issue for parents to discuss on this thread....
Are you a parent of a gay child or not?

The question you posed was "So what should a parent think if their their boy or girl comes home and says he or she is gay?"

I am as capable of discussing that question as anyone else.

[neveragain]

A tough question, I could say it would make no difference but that's easy to say when you are not really bothered because it does not apply to you.
If it did apply? well I would probably blame the wife (again) and then demand a blood test.

[darkhorse]

The question you posed was "So what should a parent think if their their boy or girl comes home and says he or she is gay?"

I am as capable of discussing that question as anyone else.

Look, we know gays want to be gay - that is not the point of this thread
If you are just a gay butting in on this thread the F off from this issue
its nothing to do with you ...
Its about parents reaction to their children being gay

[Kev408]

Gay butting? Freud would have field day with darkwhore.

[chriskavo]

[Mercurial]

Look, we know gays want to be gay - that is not the point of this thread
If you are just a gay butting in on this thread the F off from this issue
its nothing to do with you ...
Its about parents reaction to their children being gay

If my child were gay I would love him or her just as much as if they were straight.

If your child was gay and you believed your child was happy being gay (so to speak), I don't see any reason why you shouldn't also be happy for them.

Your problem seems to be that you find yourself unable to cease contributing to the kind of climate that makes things more difficult for people who are gay.

(You might start, for example, by not referring to me merely as "a gay". Just a thought.)