“Mom, Dad… I’m Gay.” A Christian Parent’s Rponse

Contents:

• HOW CHRISTIAN PARENTS SHOULD RPOND TO THEIR CHILD'S GAY INTY CRISIS
• WHEN MY DGHTER SAID, 'I'M GAY'
• “MOM, DAD… I’M GAY.” A CHRISTIAN PARENT’S RPONSE
• RAISG A GAY TEEN: WHEN FAH, FAY AND SEXUALY LLI
• JEN HATMAKER CELEBRAT DGHTER'S LBIAN INTY: ‘I’M SO GLAD YOU’RE GAY’
• WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOUR CHILD SAID, 'I'M GAY'?

HOW CHRISTIAN PARENTS SHOULD RPOND TO THEIR CHILD'S GAY INTY CRISIS

She served as the Vice-Print of PFLAG At (Texas) and was endorsed by The Human Rights Campaign and The Gay Christian Network. When a child first out to their parents as eher beg gay or havg same-sex attractn, their ial rpons are ually the wrong on, says Chris Doyle, a psychotherapist who specializ York Cy gay pri para crowd this undated photo.

WHEN MY DGHTER SAID, 'I'M GAY'

"Sce homosexualy is beg more wily accepted Amerin society, an creasg number of teens who experience SSA are intifyg as gay. They believe that if you experience same-sex attractns, then you're gay, " Doyle told the negative rpons parents have, acrdg to Doyle, are avoidg the issue by barrg their child om talkg about SSA or their gay inty; believg that 's a passg phase; or threateng to kick their olr teen or 20-somethg child out of the hoe.

He also emphasized that parents nnot talk their child out of beg gay or havg SSA. "We know, our clil rearch over the last 25 years, that fay culture, environment and other non-blogil factors play a signifint role the velopment of same-sex attractn, " he asserted, addg that parents shouldn't seek therapy as an attempt to change their the book, Gay Children, Straight Parents: A Plan for Fay Healg, wrten by Richard Cohen, executive director of IHF, Doyle said 12 prcipl are discsed to help fai navigate through SSA and s .

"Regardg sleepovers and big life events such as parents' attendg a child's same-sex weddg ceremony, Doyle suggted that parents treat their homosexual child the same as they would their heterosexual the se of sleepovers, parents should mata the same standards for every child and not allow their gay intified or SSA child to have somone they're attracted to spend the night wh them.

“MOM, DAD… I’M GAY.” A CHRISTIAN PARENT’S RPONSE

"The same l should apply to heterosexual upl and homosexual upl, " he when down to attendg a child's gay weddg ceremony, Doyle suggted that attendg the ceremony don't necsarily reflect that the parents agree wh same-sex marriage, their prence merely shows their love for their child.

RAISG A GAY TEEN: WHEN FAH, FAY AND SEXUALY LLI

Your child is gay. But for many Christian parents, nothg n prepare them to hear that their beloved child is gay.

If you are a Christian parent, fay member or iend to whom your loved one has e out as gay or lbian, then this is for you.

They did not “choose gayns” to rebel agast you, get back at you or make your life miserable. As a younger Christian, tght that homosexualy is a s, I believed that trma somewhere someone’s past ed homosexualy, even if they didn’t remember .

JEN HATMAKER CELEBRAT DGHTER'S LBIAN INTY: ‘I’M SO GLAD YOU’RE GAY’

To my surprise, God pletely shifted my unrstandg and revealed to me the many people who had a great childhood are still gay. Some gay teens have been shamed, banished, threatened, beaten, and shunned.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOUR CHILD SAID, 'I'M GAY'?

If dog the thgs meant that homosexualy would not vis a Christian home, then we wouldn’t see croppg up so often. But please unrstand that even if we disagree, nothg chang regardg our rponsibily, our blsg as a Mom or a Dad to unndnally love, accept and affirm our gay children – as God has done wh . The note said, "I am gay.

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