After their son came out, this conservative Christian couple went into a closet of their own.
Great article!!
As soon as Greg McDonald Jr. saw his parents, he knew he was in trouble. His father stood waiting for him with his arms folded and his brow furrowed. Beside him was Gregs mother, her eyes red and puffy.
Quick, pretend youre interested in me, Greg Jr. told his friend Betsy as he steered the speedboat toward the dock at his parents riverfront home outside Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Greg Jr. had just taken a group of friends out for a rollicking boat ride. It was late in the summer of 2001, and he was about to head off to his first year of college. In just a few weeks the 17-year-old thought hed be free.
But while Greg Jr. was away his father, a conservative Christian, had checked his computers search history. Hed heard stories of young men being corrupted by the internet and had discovered his sons secret: visits to gay porn sites.
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AllaN01Bear
(22,999 posts)notice i said that in quotes ,
Lunabell
(6,781 posts)After my mom died, my step mom pretty much laid down the law about loving his daughter unconditionally. My dad even eventually totally accepted my wife. Sent love to her over the phone etc. He was really changed by my step mom.
Midnight Writer
(22,944 posts)The message of Christ is clearly to be a person that loves.
There are no loopholes, there is no ambiguity in His teaching to love one another.
The Great Open Dance
(44 posts)In my church, nobody really cares if you're right handed or left handed, brown eyed, or blue eyed, gay or straight--thank God.
Tbear
(507 posts)Straight married Christian that can not stand the politics in the churches I have tried to attend. Afraid to try anymore.
Tbear
(507 posts)Does all the anti-gay stuff come from Pauls letters? He wrote a lot and we only have a handful in the Bible. Are we sure he wasnt warning Christians about worshipping the gods at the big temples ?
Anyway isnt about 1 in 10 people LGBTQ?
So if God is perfect and he hates gays, why has he consistently created 10% of the people that way?
God is only 90% in people creation but hes perfect in every other way?
Doesnt fly with me that God created something he hates and wants to abolish. I will go with humans mis-reading the Bible.
I think we should all accept by now that being gay is not a choice. You cant pray away the gay.
This article gets right to the damage caused by this faulty thinking.
The Great Open Dance
(44 posts)don't have to suffer like this. Nor do their parents suffer from homophobia. Brittle, rigid worldviews produce needless suffering.