If someone close to you out as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr, you may be unsure about how you feel about or how to rpond. Here's our on supportg them.
Contents:
- SHOULD CHRISTIANS “DISOWN” GAY SONS AND DGHTERS?
- FOUR--TEN AMERINS HAVE CLOSE FRIENDS OR RELATIV WHO ARE GAY
- RPONDG TO A “GAY CHRISTIAN” THE FAY
- HOW DO YOU RELATE TO A GAY FAY MEMBER?
- 12 ANTI-GAY POLICIANS WH LGBTQ+ RELATIV
SHOULD CHRISTIANS “DISOWN” GAY SONS AND DGHTERS?
The northern Italian cy of Padua has started removg the nam of non-blogil gay mothers om their children’s birth certifit unr new legislatn passed by the “tradnal fay-first” ernment of Prime Mister Grgia Meloni. * gay family members *
The northern Italian cy of Padua has started removg the nam of non-blogil gay mothers om their children’s birth certifit unr new legislatn passed by the “tradnal fay-first” ernment of Prime Mister Grgia Meloni. “There is no discrimatn agast children, ” Fay Mister Eugenia Roccella told parliament when she troduced the bill June, explag that the children of gay upl would have accs to school and medil servic jt like those who only have one livg parent.
He had been anonymo until Wednday's his openg statement, Ziegler emphasized that he is a gay man and a registered Democrat who has been acced of betrayg his party. In his closed-door posn last month, Ziegler told lawmakers that he is gay, and phed back agast the notn om some right-wg figur that his sexual orientatn fluenc his polics or his job. “People have said, bee I’m gay and that I am workg as the se agent on this vtigatn, that I mt be a far-left liberal, perfectly placed to f some agenda.
FOUR--TEN AMERINS HAVE CLOSE FRIENDS OR RELATIV WHO ARE GAY
A new survey also fds that those wh homosexual or lbian relativ or iends are more likely to accept gay marriage and oppose the firg of gay teachers. * gay family members *
If your fay member has e out as gay or bisexual, accept that they will end up seeg someone of their own genr, and that's perfectly okay. Glenn Thompson sred high on this summer's hypocrisy x when the PennsylvaniaRepublinvoted agast a bill that sought to enshre marriage equaly protectns to feral law days before dancg at his gay son's d rerdg provid to Buzzfeed highlights the rank hypocrisy. " The Republin was stnchly agast marriage equaly spe his son's beg gay, Poli did urge his son, also named Matthew, to attend harmful nversn therapy to pray the gay beg urged to unrgo nversn therapy by his fay at 18, the younger Salmon eventually me out of the closet.
RPONDG TO A “GAY CHRISTIAN” THE FAY
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Hodg that same-sex upl the Uned Stat have the same right to marry as different-sex 2013, Portman, whose son Will is gay, announced his support for marriage equaly after Will me out. "This cisn means a lot to me and my fay as my brother is gay, means a lot to our entire muny, and means a lot to everyone throughout the Uned Stat of Ameri who has yearned for eedom and has been nied until today. From time to time I hear about Christian parents disowng, cuttg off, or permanently shunng a son or dghter who adopts a gay liftyle.
And a person who choos to pursue homosexual activy nnot rema good standg a lol church, as wh anyone livg any signifint and unrepentant s. Whether or not a gay son, dghter, or other fay member lls him or herself a Christian, Christians should love them as fay members, even as we lovgly ny them membership a church, should they want .
It is this same assignment that belongs to Christian parents wh a son or dghter who adopts a gay or other forms of an immoral liftyle. Generally speakg, however, a parent faced wh any host of suatnal dilemmas surroundg homosexualy mt work to fulfill the two prcipl at once: affirm that that son or dghter is loved and don’t do anythg to support or affirm the s. It’s particularly immature and manipulative, then, when so many progrsive wrers—both those who do and don’t reprent themselv as Christians—acce Christian parents of beg rponsible for prsn and patterns of self-harm that velop gay children.
HOW DO YOU RELATE TO A GAY FAY MEMBER?
A list of the top 12 anti-gay policians wh LGBTQ+ relativ. Karma has a funny way of eveng the proverbial playg field, pecially when to ... * gay family members *
It’s not like an eleven-year old who feels pletely nfint mom and dad’s love turns twelve or thirteen, tells mom and dad he’s gay, listens to them object morally but experienc their ntued affirmatn of him otherwise, will then ci that they don’t fact love him and try to hurt himself. As a nsequence, 4--10 Amerins now report that some of their close iends or fay members are gays or lbians, acrdg to a recent natnal survey by the Pew Rearch Center for the People & the Prs. About half of all women, young people, llege graduat, polil liberals and male Prottants say that someone close to them is gay, the survey found.
12 ANTI-GAY POLICIANS WH LGBTQ+ RELATIV
People who have a close gay iend or fay member are more likely to support gay marriage and they are also signifintly ls likely to favor allowg schools to fire gay teachers than are those wh ltle or no personal ntact wh gays, the poll found.
The divisns were dramatilly highlighted durg a recent Republin printial bate when former Health and Human Rourc Secretary Tommy Thompson provoked a flurry of cricism when he said rponse to a qutn that an employer should be allowed to fire a gay worker. The rults also help to expla why the bate over gay rights remas so divisive nearly four s after the Stonewall disturbance New York Cy late June 1969 marked the begng of a new era the polics of sexual orientatn.