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Read “Mom, Dad… I’m Gay.” A Christian Parent’s Rponse by David Murray and more articl about Christian Life and Wiki on

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A LETTER TO … MY CHILDREN OM A GAY FATHER

She jt told me she’s gay. I’ve already talked to her about sex wh boys—how do I talk to her about girls? * a letter to my gay daughter *

She jt told me she’s gay. Sign up to get "Dear Therapist" your Therapist, As a parent, I firmly believe that is my duty to prepare my kids to be posive, healthy, and productive people both the world and personal when my 12-year-old dghter announced that she is gay, my md started spng. Every year there were more legal protectns for our fay and LGBTIQ+ (lbian/gay/bisexual/transgenr/tersex/queer) people.

Growg up gay, I never expected to be a dad.

As I apologised my way through puberty, the fantasy disappeared, partly bee was based wholly on The Waltons and other TV tripe and partly bee my gayns was fact now, not jt fear, and part of that was not beg a father. Colon was shot several tim at the Orlando gay nightclub durg the 2016 mass shootg and has sce left homosexualy and started the mistry Fearls Inty wh another Pulse survivor.

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

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.

A LETTER FROM A GAY FATHER TO HIS DGHTER ON 'MARCH FOR ALL' DAY

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.

WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CHILD SAYS: "I'M GAY"

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. 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”?

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* A LETTER TO MY GAY DAUGHTER

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