my southern baptist, republican - until recently when the takeover of the party by raving lunatics became obvious - parents responded with a 'meh'. when i and my gf (now my wife) openly became a couple - my dad was mildly surprised and my mom was mildly surprised that he was surprised at all.Philosophy Explorer wrote:The reason why I placed this thread in this section is due to the following question: if you were the parent of gay children, would you seek counsel through a confession?, a psychiatrist?, some other means or not at all?
to them - and a lot of religious conservative parents these days - this is not something that calls for a response
where there was disapproval it was more in the form of 'dear you are going through a phase' than in the form of any sort of talk of sin
there are a couple of cousins who will not talk to me any more - nor will their parents - but its not like i was ever eager to talk to those cousins and aunts and uncles anyway
the elders at the church told me that i could still go to church as long as i did not make a big production out of being a lesbian - apparently they were concerned that i was going to shave my head, get tatoos and start wearing lots of metal-studded leather - i found out later through the grapewine that some of them wanted to make a big production themselves but the cooler heads prevailed. (strangely, it was the younger elders who were angry and wanted to cast "sin" out of the church. the really elderly conservative and very stern ladies did not actually see it as a big deal as long as i did not shave my head
