Shunned my gay best friend. Right or wrong?

[mcrts]

Just say “Look, if you were Jewish, and I wanted to talk about how delicious bacon is every time we talked, wouldn’t you get annoyed? I can’t relate to topics about an active homosexual lifestyle and you know this. I still like you as a person though and would still like to be friends, but we can’t if you insist on saying things that you know are against my faith. We have to respect each other.”

I disagree with the comments about not being friends anymore. Gay people have a very strong desire for acceptance and approval, especially from their close friends and loved ones. His constantly trying to change your mind is his own insecurity about his life choices and his need to be accepted by you. You have a real opportunity here to show him true Christian love and to make it perfectly clear that you still care about him very much, but that you just can’t condone the gay lifestyle. This could forever change how he views Christians. Don’t give him the opportunity to label you as a “hater” or bigot. Do what you can to save the friendship, and if that fails, at least you tried.

OP: Respect in a friendship must be mutual. If he truly values you being in his life, he must respect your beliefs, and agree to disagree, as it were. You are his friend, not his punching bag for all things that are wrong in the world.

 

[Contra_Mundum_1]

The OP doesn’t seem interested in this thread. I wonder if this is another test where we were supposed to show how Catholics really feel about homosexuality. If that is the case I hope that the OP got what they needed in terms of info.

 

[RACJ]

I haven’t spoken to my friend for a while now and I am starting to feel a bit guilty. He is also starting to feel upset about it. I tried to reach out to him on Facebook but he’s just not that type of person who likes to engage in ‘internet communication’ and insists that I ‘call him’ on the phone. At one point, he got very vocal about it online right after he noticed that I liked one of his posts (which made my feel embarrassed).

Main reason why I feel put off now from talking to him on the phone is because he talks about all these gay and feminine topics that I have no clear interest in. On our last conversation, I expressed my distaste about his topics of interest but he didn’t seem too happy to hear it. It got to the point where he used my faith and tried made me think that its ‘normal’. I told him that I was entitled to my opinion and he insulted me saying that “I won’t find anyone else.” just because I wasn’t into these things!?

He has to realize that straight men can find it a bit nauseating to hear about gay escapades. We have zero interest in this aspect of a gay man’s life. If you are to remain good pals, he must respect YOU as well. Rob

 

[Debora123]

He has to realize that straight men can find it a bit nauseating to hear about gay escapades. We have zero interest in this aspect of a gay man’s life. If you are to remain good pals, he must respect YOU as well. Rob

Not just straight men, but women too. I know I do.