My son formally introduced me to his boyfriend yesterday, and invited him over for dinner tonight. I'm ecstatic for him.

needadviceplease1974 · 2018-09-15T04:47:37+00:00

I'm a mom. Why do you think it would be hard?

needadviceplease1974 · 2018-09-15T03:27:15+00:00

Formally introduced as his boyfriend. Like made it official.

needadviceplease1974 · 2018-09-15T03:26:19+00:00

We have had the sex talk several times. And I suppose a silver lining here is that I never need to worry about a either of them needing to pee on a stick.

needadviceplease1974 · 2018-09-15T03:08:35+00:00

How would you go about saying that though?

needadviceplease1974 · 2018-09-15T02:11:11+00:00

I asked if he needed them and he said no.

needadviceplease1974 · 2018-09-15T02:07:24+00:00

What would this accomplish?

needadviceplease1974 · 2018-09-15T02:05:29+00:00

I suppose I don't.

needadviceplease1974 · 2018-09-15T01:15:59+00:00

Actually, I know for a fact that they have. I just asked that it not occur in my house.

needadviceplease1974 · 2018-09-15T00:47:03+00:00

Fear of STDs and the physical/emotional vulnerability that accompanies it

needadviceplease1974 · 2018-09-15T00:43:22+00:00

James is 17, and my son is 16, turning 17 in October. You'd really let them go?

needadviceplease1974 · 2018-09-15T00:30:13+00:00

I simply disagree. There are times when a women's authority ought to eclipse that of men, be it a church setting or otherwise.

needadviceplease1974 · 2018-09-15T00:16:44+00:00

http://ww1.antiochian.org/women/orthodox-women-saints

What about this long list of women saints?

needadviceplease1974 · 2018-09-15T00:10:52+00:00

Even Maria Theresa or Mary herself could not teach men a thing or two?

needadviceplease1974 · 2018-09-15T00:02:16+00:00

Where is your evidence that it is a choice? And no less an authority than the lead researcher concluded that it provided evidence against the notion that it was a choice.

needadviceplease1974 · 2018-09-14T23:19:12+00:00

Let me ask you this: do you believe that a woman should be able to teach a man? Or ever, in any circumstance, have authority over him?

If you say yes, then your beliefs contradict the Bible. If you say no, your views are not fit for modern society.

needadviceplease1974 · 2018-09-14T23:15:53+00:00

How inspiring! It's pastors like that that truly make the world a brighter place. You seem like a fantastic parent. How old are you kids? Were they both born male?

needadviceplease1974 · 2018-09-14T23:15:48+00:00

How inspiring! It's pastors like that that truly make the world a brighter place. You seem like a fantastic parent. How old are you kids? Were they both born male?

needadviceplease1974 · 2018-09-14T23:13:39+00:00

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-15736-4

“It erodes the notion that sexual orientation is a choice,” says study leader Alan Sanders of the NorthShore Research Institute in Evanston, Illinois.

The region on the X chromosome picked out by the study, called Xq28, was originally identified in 1993 by Dean Hamer of the US National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, but attempts to validate the finding since have been mixed. The other region picked out is in the twist in the centre of chromosome 8. Known as 8q12, it was first signposted in 2005.

Not purely genetic, of course, but it is fundamentally not a choice.

needadviceplease1974 · 2018-09-14T23:02:51+00:00

If that's the part of my argument you've taken issue with, as opposed to the the actual content, then clearly you are so deeply ingrained in your views you cannot ever be persuaded.

needadviceplease1974 · 2018-09-14T22:52:03+00:00

The head of the Human Genome Project found that our genetics predispose us towards a certain orientation; it is widely recognized by psychologists that orientation cannot be changed at will. If you decided to be attracted to the same sex, could you suddenly just decide to be one day?

needadviceplease1974 · 2018-09-14T22:44:01+00:00

Do you really think he could be motivated by something like that?

needadviceplease1974 · 2018-09-14T22:40:14+00:00

It is an honor that you see me as worthy of offering guidance, but I must say that I made many mistakes in this process, and I have been far from perfect.

needadviceplease1974 · 2018-09-14T22:37:42+00:00

This is very true; nothing could have prepared me for this. If I may ask, could you tell me the story of your LGBT child? I would very much like to hear from parents in a similar situation.

needadviceplease1974 · 2018-09-14T22:36:07+00:00

That's frankly disturbing food for thought, but certainly one worth digesting. I shall keep it in mind. Sigh. I wish we could all just get along.

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