Is My Child Gay?

[iBrowse]

Ok..... ad a debate with the missus last night, i dare say some of you have already encountered this, but please be honest....

Is it ok to teach your children that being Gay is wrong? In my opinion, it is....

I do not predudice against them, or say nasty things, its just my opinion, that generally i keep to myself...

But....Is it ok to teach that to my child....?

Please dont think im being horrible to the gays, its just not what i want for my son/daughter?

Thanks

The man formally known as 'Eyebrows'

[jno]

genes control some things, not others. They may provide you with red hair; they cannot foretell if you will go to Tesco's this afternoon. They do mean that sex is defined long before birth, though.

[iBrowse]

okey then lotte....tell me please....

how are your sexual tendancies formed, before you are born, or as your life progressess..

Nature/Nurture

[Nosha123]

I know someone who worked at a young offenders institute for a while and with regards to paedophiles - there is something chemically in their brain that is not like the rest of us!
I am not saying this to excuse them - but to make a point that it could be a genetic thing as I believe sexuality is.
If you teach your child gay is wrong - and that child has been born gay.. they are going to have a hard time trying to live their life and be honest with themselves. Hard enough as it is being gay without prejudice from your own family.
My mum used to threaten me by saying if I got pregnant at a young age she would whip me down to the local abortion clinic straight away. She is a control freak! And is now funnily desperate for me to provide a grandchild!!!

[iBrowse]

please i take all your points on the 'raising my child anti-gay' accept i am WRONG, and you are right.....

IT IS INFACT WRONG TO TELL YOU CHILD NOT TO BE GAY....ok now...moving on....

I want to deal with the inconsistancy....if by all of your rationelle, sexual preference is determined at birth....then why are pedos any different?

For the record i think pedofila is a choice thing, much the same as gayness....I think you develop this taste through life....the only difference between them is one is morally wrong and legal wrong, and the other is perfectly acceptable, just not perhaps ideal IN MY OPINION...

[andy-hughes]

This thread seems to be veering off its subject with some speed.

The concept of paedophilia is far too complex and wide-ranging to simply write off with 'blame' like a tabloid headline, but that is not the issue you raised.

I reiterate - i think it is wrong to teach your child that an aspect of sexuality of which you personally do not approve should be aligned as 'wrong' in your perception. Children follow what their children say as bieng 'the way it is' unilt they reach an age of maturity and decide their own views and opinions. You need toe careful about planting predjudices which are not helpful to society in general, and your child in particular.

[4getmenot]

yes peodophilia is somewhat different but I honesly think you are born evil and are born gay

[iBrowse]

lol born evil and gay....what like hand in hand.....lol....i know i know....