by minimus 78 Replies latest jw friends
I have several gay friends and I love them like.. well... friends...
As for my daughter...the only concern I would have is that being in any type of relationship that is out of the norm can bring on more pressure within a relationship..lol and lets face it relationships can be difficult enough without that. But if she decided that was what she wanted I would be behind her 100%.
I wouldn't like it at all.
Englishman.
No children yet.
Several friends that are gay....several friends that are straight. They are all awsome!
What are you trying to tell us Min?
You're scared your parents wont accept you??
I remember even when I was a JW, I had no problem with people who were gay. It was Jehovah who had the problem with them, not me! I figured, well, it's God's job to judge them. But I think I kind of went out of my way to befriend gay people, just to show them that a Christian should be loving. Odd, because I still thought it was technically "wrong".
Now I'm just happy whenever anyone knows what they want and goes out to get it!
I found it really interesting when I discovered that many Native American tribes tended to have a couple of cross-dressers in them, men who decided to live as women, and no one had a problem with it but would just start treating that man as a woman.
It wouldn't bother me at all. Except (if I had a child) in the sense that Xena mentioned. I would be concerned about how they were received by others and, if it were negative reception, how that would affect them, but they wouldn't have to worry about my reaction.
I always told people that it wouldn't bother me, however, now that all my sons are in hetero relationships I do feel quite relieved.
Quite hypocritical of me really. My gay pals understand it though.
Englishman.
I used to be very anti-gay when I was younger, but I have no problem at all with them now. At my brothers birthday party a few weeks ago I was one of only a handle of heterosexaul people out of 50-60 who were there. I had a great time with them all, theres pictures on here somewhere.
My brother in law is a gay-hater, big time. Just mentioning gay people makes him want to hurt someone.
As for me, I think that it might be surprising, but not disturbing. Happiness is the only thing that really matters. No matter who my kids dated, same sex or not, I would just want to make sure that whoever they dated treated them with respect, and didn't abuse them. Gays can adopt, or for lesbians, get a sperm donor, if it's kids that people want.
It's a brave new world out there, and it's really not a big deal to be gay anymore, unless you have a religous or bigoted family.
ash
When people flip out over someone being gay, they've got "issues".
