Next for the Gay Rights Movement: Fillg the Spirual Dimensn | HuffPost Voic

Contents:

• GAY RELATNSHIP.
• AFTER GAY RIGHTS, GAY SPIRUALY.
• IS DEEPAK CHOPRA GAY?
• IS DEEPAK CHOPRA GAY?
• GAY BOYIEND’S PROPOSAL.
• NEXT FOR THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT: FILLG THE SPIRUAL DIMENSN

GAY RELATNSHIP.

I happen to have a gay adult child and wonred how that ncept fs wh that orientatn? Homosexualy has been part of human nature for as long as rerd history, but social prsur and relig superstn have stigmatized .

AFTER GAY RIGHTS, GAY SPIRUALY.

As a rult, there are few, if any, tradnal scriptur that help a morn gay person to grow spirually.

To fill the gap, a host of books have spng up talkg about fah and God terms that allow gay people to feel spirually worthy. I'd urge you to read such a book orr to settle your own doubts, for every parent of a gay child has them. In the straight world, there are mon, but mistaken, assumptns that gay upl mimic the rol of hband and wife, one playg at beg feme, the other mascule.

IS DEEPAK CHOPRA GAY?

Some straight relatnships fail the tt; some gay on pass . I have never had a homosexual relatnship before, whereas he is openly gay.

It feels like a genue emotn for me, but I’m aaid of what my fay, iends and the people who have known me for so long might thk or how they n react, due to our relig background, and their general opn about gay upl. If turns out this gay relatnship is a short-lived episo your otherwise straight life, then you n spare yourself the explanatns by wag. Instead of beg gay, let's say you were bald.

IS DEEPAK CHOPRA GAY?

Beg gay is more difficult to e to terms wh than baldns, of urse, bee of society's attus.

GAY BOYIEND’S PROPOSAL.

Relign is part of society, and when enters the suatn, one wds up wh yet another layer of disapproval—perhaps the most severe of all—bee to be gay, acrdg to Christian fundamentalists, is to put your soul jeopardy. Remedi: Meet other gay people who have good self-teem, jo a gay social club, make one good gay iend, make one good straight iend who is fe wh homosexualy.

Remedi: Read a book on morn fah and gay tolerance, fd a gay iend who is also Christian, seek out a gay pastor. Remedi: Jo a gay group that is about somethg bis sex (hikg, movi, dancg, hobbi), read about hero and pneers of gay liberatn, intify wh strong role mols who have succsfully bed sex and love.

NEXT FOR THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT: FILLG THE SPIRUAL DIMENSN

There are many more issu I uld have clud, but the pot is to first get you out of yourself so that you n form ls self-stctive beliefs about beg gay. It don't matter whether gen, upbrgg, predisposn or early behavr ntributed to havg a gay inty.

It’s taken s for gay activists to achieve the most basic right that every mory serv: equaly unr the law. The fact that the urt did validate state laws agast homosexualy was the bellwether for a shift public acceptance that will only accelerate the future. That’s the dimensn of spirualy, where relig tolerance has been the norm and fdg the way to self-acceptance has been a poignant personal stggle for every gay man and woman.