Overall, though, the best scenes take place between Amy parents and Jeremy's therapist mom (Julie White), the latter showing her progressive point of view by accepting that
her son is gay (he isn't), and surprised when she returns home early to find both her son and Amy naked at the poolside.
His father Norman (Bradley Whitford) still hasn't accepted that
his son is gay, refusing to even speak the name of the man David had been dating for years.
The other
son is gay «but says he dates only mexican - american men,» she said.
Around the Green Parenting Web: My 5 - Year - Old
Son is Gay and Home Birth vs. Insurance 3.
(CNN)- For months now, the French - language twittersphere has lit up with a rash of racist, homophobic, and anti-Semitic tweets using the hashtags #UnBonJuif (a good Jew), #SiMonFilsEstGay (if
my son is gay), and #SiMaFilleRamèneUnNoir (if my daughter brings home a black guy).
CNN: Twitter must identify racist, anti-Semitic posters, French court says For months now, the French - language twittersphere has lit up with a rash of racist, homophobic, and anti-Semitic tweets using the hashtags #UnBonJuif (a good Jew), #SiMonFilsEstGay (if
my son is gay), and #SiMaFilleRamèneUnNoir (if my daughter brings home a black guy).
In many cases, however, neither parent is aware, at least consciously, that
their son is gay.
So when Justin's dad learned
his son was gay, he responded in shock, saying «but you're not like those people!»
Furthermore, this culture war has presented people like Justin, and people like Cindy — a mom who contacted Justin in a panic after learning
her son was gay, knowing that her church was the last place she could turn if she wanted her son to feel loved and supported — with a dangerous false dichotomy: It's gays vs. Christians.
He did not like
that our son was gay and does not understand his bipolar disorder.
Not exact matches
If my daughter married an African American or if my
son said he
was gay, would I
be upset?
I describe myself as a «former evangelical» for many reasons, not the least of which
is I have an adult
gay son who
is not welcomed in lots of churches (neither
is he welcomed by Muslims or those who practice B'hai Faith).
Except for when he
is killing
gays, adulterers, non-believers, believers of different faiths, first born
sons, and the entire world with a flood...
She said she felt she had to get her
son educated and protesting at a young age, because
gays «
are trying to get our children from the time they
're in kindergarten... in the cradle even!»
Most importantly, note this: I
am a Christian, I
'm gay, I
'm a recovering alcoholic, I believe in Evolution, I believe the universe
is 13 billion years old and that the Earth
is 4.5 or so billion years old, I believe man evolved from lower primates and that Adam
was the first man who God gave a soul and sentience, I do not believe in hell but I do believe in Satan, I do not believe the Bible
is a book of rules meant to imprison man or condemn him but that it
is rather a «Human Existence for Dummies» guide, I believe Christ
was the
son of God but I do not believe Christianity
is the only «valid» religion, I do not believe atheists will go to hell, while the English Bible says God should
be feared, the Hebrew word used for fear, «yara», such as that used in the Book of Job, actually means respect / reverence, not fear as one would fear death or a spider.
The parents of a person diagnosed with AIDS usually find out all at once that their
son is terminally ill, that he has AIDS, and that he
is gay.
All you need
is to look at the many responses to your comment on the post of the
son coming out to his mother about
being gay and you will have your explanation.
Here
's that mother, Deb Word, who has founded a group Fortunate Families to help Catholic families with lesbian daughters and
gay sons, in her own words:
My
son probably summed it up best in his comment: «I
'm in favor of
gay people getting married, but only to other
gay people.»
christ
was beaten and cruxified on a cross bc he preached of
being the
SON OF MAN, the only what to get to heaven but
gays who
are living in sin and refuse to repent
are accepted at work and everywhere they go and society cheers them on when they get married or when a state recongizes them, and anytime they
are killed society comes to their defense, but i say to you,
is will not
be man that will judge them iw till
The sermon
was delivered in February, but has garnered attention this week as Al Mohler of the Southern Baptist Convention condemned Pastor Danny and his
gay son in a post entitled «There
Is No Third Way.»
And it tells us, finally, that everyone's most basic identity
is not as single, married or divorced; as
gay or straight; as member of this or that family or household — but as
son or daughter of God, made in his image, destined for his household, and for the glory of his kingdom.
But as they opened their big book in front of him and told him
gays were out, nonbelievers
were bad and anything our country did
was good, my
son gave up camping and outdoor skills with the Scouts.
I believed there
was a sin that could
be corrected through prayer — until the day my
son told me he
was gay...»»
I have a
son who
is gay and have ended up leaving the traditional local church because it didn't seem like a safe place for our family.
I know of a father who, though he had once
been convinced parents of LGBT children should «hand them over to Satan» as recommended by John MacAruthur, just marched in his first pride parade right alongside his
gay son.
We
were able to embrace him as the loved
son he always
was and will
be... I
am sad that he struggled so many years with the dread of rejection of us as his parents and held the «secret» of
being gay for way too long.
This
is how you will
be sons of your Father, for He sends AIDS on
gays, tsunamis on Indonesian Muslims, hurricanes on New Orleans, and famine on lazy Africans.
1 Corinthians 11:14 (Men should not have long hair) 1 Corinthians 14:34 - 35 (Women should remain silent in church) Deuteronomy 13:6 - 16 (Death penalty for Apostasy) Deuteronomy 20:10 - 14 (Attack city, kill all men, keep women, children as spoils of war) Deuteronomy 21:18 - 21 (Death penalty for a rebellious
son) Deuteronomy 22:19 - 25 (Kill non - virgin / kill adulterers / rapists) Ecclesiastes 1:18 (Knowledge
is bad) Exodus 21:1 - 7 (Rules for buying slaves) Exodus 35:2 (Death for working on the Sabbath) Ezekiel 9:5 - 6 (Murder women / children) Genesis 1:3,4,5,11,12,16 (God creates light, night and day, plants grow, before creating sun) Genesis 3:16 (Man shall rule over woman) Jeremiah 19:9 (Cannibalism) John 3:18 (He who believes in Jesus
is saved, he that doesn't
is condemned) John 5:46 - 47 (Jesus references Old Testament) Leviticus 3:1 - 17 (Procedure for animal sacrifice) Leviticus 19:19 (No mixed fabrics in clothing) Leviticus 19:27 (Don't trim hair or beard) Leviticus 19:28 (No tattoos) Leviticus 20:9 (Death for cursing father or mother) Leviticus 20:10 (Death for adultery) Leviticus 20:13 (Death for
gay men) Leviticus 21:17 - 23 (Ugly people, lame, dwarfs, not welcome on altar) Leviticus 25:45 (Strangers can
be bought as slaves) Luke 12:33 (Sell your possessions, and give to the poor) Luke 14:26 (You must hate your family and yourself to follow Jesus) Mark 10:11 - 12 (Leaving your spouse for another
is adultery) Mark 10:21 - 22 (Sell your possessions and give to the poor) Mark 10:24 - 25 (Next to impossible for rich to get into heaven) Mark 16:15 - 16 (Those who hear the gospel and don't believe go to hell) Matthew 5:17 - 19 (Jesus says he has come to enforce the laws of the Old Testament) Matthew 6:5 - 6 (Pray in secret) Matthew 6:18 (Fast for Lent in secret) Matthew 9:12 (The healthy don't need a doctor, the sick do) Matthew 10:34 - 37 (Jesus comes with sword, turns families against each other, those that love family more than him
are not worthy) Matthew 12:30 (If you
're not with Jesus, you
're against him) Matthew 15:4 (Death for not honouring your father and mother) Matthew 22:29 (Jesus references Old Testament) Matthew 24:37 (Jesus references Old Testament) Numbers 14:18 (Following generations blamed for the sins of previous ones) Psalms 137:9 (Violence against children) Revelation 6:13 (The stars fell to earth like figs) Revelation 21:8 (Unbelievers, among others, go to hell) 1 Timothy 2:11 - 12 (Women subordinate and must remain silent) 1 Timothy 5:8 (If you don't provide for your family, you
are an infidel)
This campaign
was won by slogans: «Make gra (Irish «love») the law,» «Discrimination damages lives,» etc., and the stories mentioned at the beginning of this article
were strong appeals to emotion based on the desires of one's
gay son / daughter / brother / sister / cousin / connection for normalization and acceptance.
At one time I
was also anti-
gay and lesbian, that changed when I met a
Gay father who adopted his partners
son.
Why not his
sons instead if they
were gay?
But I would say that my identity has changed: I see myself as a
son of God, not as a
gay man any more... The sexual temptations
are still there, but my desire to
be in a relationship with a guy has decreased significantly over the years.»
The writer and activist Brian McLaren, who blessed his
son's
gay wedding in 2012 (coming under a good deal of fire for doing so) claims that that
is also the case in America.
We didn't reject our
son when he did reveal he
was gay... we embraced him as the
son we have always loved... it changed nothing in our relationship.
As far as attending the marriage ceremony of
gay people i have two points of view the first
is that that
is there choice to live how they want to but to me that
is clearly not Gods best and sin
is sin and needs to
be repented of but that
is my standard not theres.As far as divorced people remarrying why shouldnt they if they have repented of there past God forgives them not condemns them.As he said to the women caught in adultery do they condemn you and she answers no and he says and neither do i.Go and sin no more.This
was not just for the women causght in adultery this lesson
was for every one of us he
was addressing our sin publically for all have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God that
being his
son Jesus Christ he
is telling us that we must make the same decision to go and sin no more to repent in our hearts and the only way to do that
is to give our hearts and lives totally to Jesus Christ other wise we
are no better than the hypocrites in JESUS day.brentnz
Before you think of condemning an LGBT person, criticizing the homeless on the streets, judging the drug addict on the corner, or disowning a
son because he
is gay, you need to read this letter from Jason.
I hadn't thought much about what it would
be like to have a
gay son or daughter either.
I've already heard from a mom whose
son came home from the Scout meeting in which he and his friends
were informed that the church that sponsored them
was pulling their funding because the Scouts no longer discriminate against
gay boys.
My
gay son (as well as all of my children)
is such a God - given gift.
Maybe your Pentecost begins with the wind and fire that shakes your family life to its foundations, when your
son confesses he
is gay, or when your daughter
is hospitalized for depression, or when your
son can no longer hide his addiction.
Among those that oppose the beliefs, which
is part of the church's official doctrine in their «Book of Discipline»,
is Rev. Thomas Ogletree, the former dean of Yale Divinity School and Drew Theological School, who recently presided over the wedding of his
gay son.
Down the road a few years, having radically changed my belief our
son came out to us and said he
was gay.
ANY SO - CALLED «CHRISTIAN» THAT CAN SIDE WITH
GAY MARRIAGE which
is most oppositional to the most rudimentary aspect of THE JUDEO - CHRISTIAN GOD (JEHOVAH) and HIS
SON (YESHUA - JESUS CHRIST)
is a Child of The World and NOT a Child of God.
I
am straight and my husband
is straight and we have a
gay daughter and straight
son so locking them up isnt going to stop anything as if that
were a good option.
His
son was probably
gay and couldn't understand why his Dad, who also seems to
be gay, would
be so hateful toward his own child.
Similarly, «playing God» pairs with the young
gay protagonist of the video sitting in a pew with his mother, the same mother who harasses him until he shuts the door in her face at «paraphrase a book written thirty - five - hundred years ago,» and who aggressively makes the sign of the cross (to the lyric «preach hate») before storming out («holy water... poisoned») when her
son brings his soon - to -
be spouse home for dinner.
Even Matthew's father once told his
son that he assumed that if God
was against homosexuality, then God wouldn't make anyone
gay, so those who «struggle with same sex attraction» could develop heterosexual attractions over time with enough effort and prayer.