seenthelight

Nothing changes how one interprets the Bible on this subject than when their child comes to them at age 11 and says "I think I am gay". I had 2 choices: 1. Go back to my 45 years of religious experiences on the subject with all of the teachings explained to me that homosexuality was a sin, or worse. 2. Tell my son that I love him, accept him, to be proud of who he is, that there is nothing wrong with who he chooses to fall in love with and not to listen to people that tell him he was a bad person for being who he was. I thank God every day I chose #2 immediately. Has not been an easy road but most of that was in the first few years going through what most parents do such as blaming ourselves for something that we never did and worrying about our loved one being persecuted. And the many friends that really were not friends that all of a sudden never around anymore. I thank God that they are gone also! Thank all of you for this forum. This is my first post. I aim to learn from all of you. Count me in as someone that is 100% gay rights. Amazing how hard working, smart and educated my son and his many gay friends are. I have learned even more from all of his straight friends that ARE STILL his friends after he came out his senior year in high school. Boys he played sports with and never knew he was gay and when he came out they stood beside him and accepted him. That was beyond awesome!