When Connie Casey learned her adolcent son was gay, she blamed herself and sent him to nversn therapy for several years. But when Samuel, now 22, went away to llege, Connie says, she realized that " was time to take a look at everythg that I'd ever been tght to believe."
Contents:
- MY SON MIGHT BE GAY. WHAT SHOULD I SAY TO HIM?
- WHEN HIS SON CAME OUT AS GAY, THIS PASTOR DELIVERED A SERMON OF SUPPORT
- PARENTS OF GAY CHILDREN AND THE ISSU THEY FACE
- FOR A MOM, LEARNG TO ACCEPT A GAY SON WAS 'NONNEGOTIABLE'
- I NNOT AL WH FACT MY SON IS GAY
- “MOM, DAD… I’M GAY.” A CHRISTIAN PARENT’S RPONSE
MY SON MIGHT BE GAY. WHAT SHOULD I SAY TO HIM?
Danny Cortez, once a Southern Baptist mister, did do more than accept his gay son: He cid to talk to his ngregatn about homosexualy, even though ultimately meant his leavg the church. * i am a gay son *
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WHEN HIS SON CAME OUT AS GAY, THIS PASTOR DELIVERED A SERMON OF SUPPORT
Parents of gay children may go through an adjtment perd when they fd out their child is gay, but there is support for parents of gay children. * i am a gay son *
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PARENTS OF GAY CHILDREN AND THE ISSU THEY FACE
* i am a gay son *
At this time my life, I was 99 percent certa I was gay, though nowhere near ready to sprg on my parents. We had no gay people our liv back then, no way to gge my fay's level of tolerance. We had no gay people our liv back then, no way to gge my fay's level of watched as they livered a rendn of what I remember as "Somewhere Over the Rabow, " bee eher they or my memory are unfivably basic.
Stirrg and brave and subversive, g as did a time before marriage equaly was on the map, a time when you only saw gay people on the news.
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FOR A MOM, LEARNG TO ACCEPT A GAY SON WAS 'NONNEGOTIABLE'
Qutn: TWO months ago my son Gav, 29, announced that he is gay. He me home one weekend to expla to me and my hband that he has been livg wh his partner for three months and has known he was gay sce he was 17. * i am a gay son *
Right now, he has to be secretive, not bee he's gay, but bee he's 17. I'd love to say that you should do a big, showy "Hey, I sure do like those gay people" at the dner table. I wish were as simple and CBS-smy as ve the gay guy om work to fay bowlg night.
When His Son Came Out As Gay, This Pastor Delivered A Sermon Of Support.
I NNOT AL WH FACT MY SON IS GAY
He also has a son who recently me out as gay.
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“MOM, DAD… I’M GAY.” A CHRISTIAN PARENT’S RPONSE
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