Comment by Kris Feenstra on August 11, 2012 at 4:43pm

This is going to be a little incoherent, but given that my perspective is so far apart from this dad's, I really struggle to empathize with the dad's thinking here.

Setting aside the fact that I think Christian homophobia is nonsense, I get the fact that, in this father's eyes, homosexuality is an abomination.  I try to think of some sort of comparable situation that would put me in a similar perspective.  Let's say I had a son and found out he was a serial killer.

Is he a monster?  Yes, I suppose so.  Would I abandon him?  I'm hard-pressed to think that I would.  I mean, I can't agree with serial killings or condone the 'lifestyle', but that doesn't mean I would cut off all ties with my kin over it.  It is possible that it would break my heart to see that my child was a killer whose only future was to be incarcerated for the remainder of his life, but still, I just can't see myself cutting ties so thoroughly.

Comment by Skycomet the Fallen Angel on August 12, 2012 at 11:51am

@Kris - You will not believe the flame-war currently raging on the youtube page! It's really ugly but if you like to have fun with trolls... watch it on youtube and have at it! ^_^

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