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This question goes to my Morman brothers and sisters here on the board...

One day, your child comes to you and says that he or she is gay. What do you do? Or, rather, how do you handle the situation?

Thanks!
 
This question goes to my Morman brothers and sisters here on the board...

One day, your child comes to you and says that he or she is gay. What do you do? Or, rather, how do you handle the situation?

Thanks!

How did your parents react?
 
Mom...dad...I...have something to tell you.









I'm...I'm...I'm morman.
 
You don't need to really think too deeply on this one. Whatever way you would react to a child of yours that you felt was participating in destructive behavior, is probably the way most Mormon parents would react to something they deem as being destructive behavior. Condemn the act, love the child.....or something like that.
 
I'd react pretty much the same way I would if my kid said he was drinking or doing drugs. Hate the sin, love the sinner.
 
I'd demand to meet her girlfriend, and if she's a loser, I'd kicker her ***. If she was a good person and was taking care of my daughter, then they'd have my blessing. In other words, I wouldn't give a crap and I'd treat her like i would treat anyone else in a relationship with my daughter.
 
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Those that responded with a comparison between drug addiction and homosexuality, do you believe that homosexuality can be cured like in the cases of drug or alcohol addiction?

@ Bean: Please explain why my question is stupid.
 
A stupid question gets a stupid response.....apparently you didn't understand that....so that makes you....stupid?...I vote yes.

Actually I did understand your response was sarcastic. I also understood that VO's question, while perhaps an attempt to incite a riot, was also an attempt to provoke serious thought and discussion. You though? Your initial response was enough to convince me that you do not want to seriously answer the question. I can only assume that the silence is out of fear that you'll be condemned as always. And with good reason.
 
What are you looking for here Viny? Someone to say "I'd be devastated and disown my child"? I think most people on here would do what's already been said, love the sinner but not the sin.
I like to think I would be supportive of my child and their companion, whatever their sexual orientation. But that being said, I don't think I can truly know unless I am put in that spot.
 
Those that responded with a comparison between drug addiction and homosexuality, do you believe that homosexuality can be cured like in the cases of drug or alcohol addiction?

@ Bean: Please explain why my question is stupid.

Because the answer is easily that you love that child no differently than you have or treat them differently. That is not only what the church teaches but its common sense.
 
I like to think I would be supportive of my child and their companion, whatever their sexual orientation. But that being said, I don't think I can truly know unless I am put in that spot.

I think that's an interesting statement in of itself.

In regards to the original question, I'm not "looking for" anything...just an answer to the question.

Edited to add:

Let me take that back. I guess I'm just looking for the truth.
 
Because the answer is easily that you love that child no differently than you have or treat them differently. That is not only what the church teaches but its common sense.

Common sense? You would think right.

Edited to add: Not being a Morman, I don't have the privilege of accessing Morman literature or teachings...Can you point me in the right direction of a website that will give me better insight to the teachings on this subject.
 
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