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

Contents:

• WHAT TO DO WHEN A GAY CHILD MARRI
• HOW CHRISTIAN PARENTS SHOULD RPOND TO THEIR CHILD'S GAY INTY CRISIS
• WATCH: MARRIED GAY DADS WH FOUR SONS STILL STGGLG FOR EQUALY
• “MOM, DAD… I’M GAY.” A CHRISTIAN PARENT’S RPONSE
• MY CATHOLIC KID IS GAY! NOW WHAT??
• DAD AND DAD: A JOURNEY TO GAY FATHERHOOD – PICTUR
• SHOULD I ATTEND THE WEDDG OF A GAY FRIEND OR FAY MEMBER?
• STAND-IN MOM AT GAY WEDDGS 'IS UNG PEOPLE' ACROSS THE U.S., SAYS HER 'PROUD & THANKFUL' SON

WHAT TO DO WHEN A GAY CHILD MARRI

A new book, When Your Gay Or Lbian Child Marri: A Gui for Parents, nsirs that qutn. Merrill, a soclogy profsor at Clark Universy, terviewed parents ag 50 to 80 who had both homosexual and heterosexual married adult children. One big surprise om her rearch: Parents often have better ntug relatnships wh gay upl.

Gay weddgs are not whout their difficulti, particularly for parents wh mixed feelgs about their child's nuptials. "Some parents were embarrassed bee they had not prevly let the extend fay know their child was gay, " Merrill says. Merrill urg parents to be acceptg, or as one of the moms she terviewed said, "You have set asi your own feelgs about homosexualy om your love for your child.

Frankly, my advice to everyone who has a problem wh two people gettg married, whether 's bee they're gay or any other reason, is to md your own bs. I would not go to a same-sex weddg, and ’s not bee I would want to show some sort of hostily toward unbelievg iends who are gay or lbian.

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

And if we do that then what we are gog to be dog is turng over our children, not jt our gay and lbian children, but all of our children over to forc the world that will do much harm to them and ultimately to as well.

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WATCH: MARRIED GAY DADS WH FOUR SONS STILL STGGLG FOR EQUALY

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. "Sce homosexualy is beg more wily accepted Amerin society, an creasg number of teens who experience SSA are intifyg as gay.

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

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.

"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. Subscribe to Queerty for a daily dose of #entertament #father'sday #gaydads stori and more. ”STORY: Gay Dads Speak Out About New Ad CampaignMacArthur says he thought the suggtn was strange at first.

MY CATHOLIC KID IS GAY! NOW WHAT??

Rachel Held Evans nclus her blog post If my son or dghter were gay wh this paragraph:. If God bls Dan and me wh a child who is gay, I would want that child to know whout a doubt that he or she is loved unndnally.

I believe Rachel’s motivatn is to create a more welg and lovg environment the church for those who intify themselv as homosexuals, or who stggle wh homosexual sire. I admire and agree wh her motive, and mt say that I’ve learned om her this area of beg much more reful how I speak and wre about homosexualy. First, she don’t munite any ncern about the sfulns of homosexual sir nor the immoraly of homosexual actns.

She seems to nvey that homosexual sir are not part of human brokenns, and that to pursue homosexual practic do not have any bearg on a person’s relatnship wh Christ. ” There is no ditn that she se anythg wrong or unbiblil about homosexualy.

DAD AND DAD: A JOURNEY TO GAY FATHERHOOD – PICTUR

Send, Rachel seems to intify everyone who tak the view that homosexual sir are part of broken human sfulns, and that homosexual actns are s, as bulli. However, ’s irrponsible and unfair to group all who say that homosexualy is immoral as bulli of Christ’s ltle on. What do you mean by “I thk I’m gay”?

Are you therefore planng to pursue homosexual relatnships? Sixth, if your son agre that homosexualy is sful, and he wants to have victory over the temptatns, then there are many Gospel promis you n enurage him wh.

However, if he says that he believ homosexualy to be okay and he’s cid to pursue , then while assurg him of your ntued love and re, you mt lovgly warn him of the spirual and physil dangers of homosexualy. Seventh, I’d enurage the son not to see himself as a homosexual, not to fe himself by his sexualy. Rather I’d want him to see himself as creature ma God’s image, a man wh many parts to his inty, a person wh many gifts, a son wh a diverse character and personaly, one part of which, at least for the moment, is to have a homosexual sir.

SHOULD I ATTEND THE WEDDG OF A GAY FRIEND OR FAY MEMBER?

Eighth, I would ask him to keep g to church, pecially as homosexualy is sometim the rult of worshippg self rather than God (Romans 1:24-25).

But I would ask his permissn to let the pastor know about his suatn bee I’d want to urge the pastor to greater sensivy towards those stgglg wh homosexualy. Like Rachel, I too have wced and crged as preachers have nmned homosexualy as if is an unfiveable abomatn that only weird and wicked people outsi of church stggled wh. Is somehow nceivable that there are some our church who have stggled wh homosexual sire and have fallen to s this area?

Where I do disagree wh Rachel, is her refal to accept that hell and judgment are any part of the Christian msage about s, cludg homosexual s. Y, the Gospel wel sners, heterosexual and homosexual sners, but, thanks be to God, do not leave there (1 Cor.

STAND-IN MOM AT GAY WEDDGS 'IS UNG PEOPLE' ACROSS THE U.S., SAYS HER 'PROUD & THANKFUL' SON

Both of them have issu wh the church, particularly wh regard to gay marriage. Many people wonr, “What if I’m ved to a gay weddg? For stance, if you’re ved to the home of your gay neighbors and they want to serve you a meal, is a form of approval to have dner wh them?

So y, I’m not fortable wh the implic approval volved attendg a gay weddg.

But is “gay marriage” tly a marriage God’s sight whether ’s ma legal or not? Related: She attends gay weddgs as a ‘stand- mom.