Your Child Is Gay, Do You Accept It Now?

Sometimes the human race isn’t so understanding. For a long time people have been judged, mistreated and shunned because of their sexuality. Whether it’s something they chose or was born with is still up to debate but one thing we rarely consider is what we would do if we found out our child was gay.

The same people who bash homosexuality will probably say that if they found out their child was gay, they’d still love them the same. Do you really believe yourself? Is it so easy to accept homosexuality just because your child is now “going through it”?

Deep down I don’t think parents magically become accepting of it. I think they finally come to terms of what they saw coming a long long time ago. In my personal opinion I think the signs are there from an early age and every parent sees it. They may turn the other way, but they see it. They don’t like it, so they don’t address it. When they see that it is becoming more and more noticeable, that’s when they take their children to church in hopes of praying the gay away. Sorry, church 4 days a week isn’t going to change the person your child is and if they don’t change, will you?

I think it’s really hard to change a person who is a homophobe. Even their child being gay doesn’t completely change who they are. Those who are truly understanding of homosexuality are probably more likely to be truly and undoubtedly more accepting of their child’s lifestyle. I can honestly say that if my child was to come to me and tell me that he was gay, I’d probably take a moment to think if I could actually pick up on it earlier. After that moment passed, I would love him no less than I loved him the day before. I hope that there aren’t parents out there who would truly say that they would disown their own child if they found out they were gay. I know many will do it, hopefully they don’t admit it. I really want to know if there are any parents out there who are AGAINST homosexuality that truly believe that they can accept this if it was their own child. Anyone care to speak up?