dennisknapp:
What do you teach your children about homosexuality?
And what do you feel about the Churches position regarding the issue?
Peace
First of all, don’t wait until your child is 13 to talk about this stuff. Don’t wait until your child is 10. The naivete of parents is that they think that their children won’t know about such things until they have “the talk.” Understand that the whole of the gay lobby wants to teach
KINDERGARTNERS “tolerance.” Many, many teachers are extremely liberal as well, and if the school doesn’t want them to teach such things, some will take matters into their own hands. So keep an
unblinking eye on the materials and messages presented to your child at school.
I think you teach them that much of modern society is telling a great lie, that gay marriages are OK, that gay relationships are OK and that everyone else should approve of it. Point out to your child that people who preach “tolerance” have zero “tolerance” for people who don’t agree with them. Present the hypocricies and your child will see them. Explain to your child that even though a great number of people at school may seem to think gay relationships are OK, many, many people do not. I think you tell them that it’s a great sin, but you also should tell them that these people struggle with a great temptation, kind of like how some struggle with the temptation to steal or hurt other people, and that they desperately need our prayers. I think if you join your child in praying for these people who struggle with these temptations, a great deal of good will come from it: both in terms of your child’s outlook on homosexual relationships and in terms of the actual good that will come to society. Prayer moves mountains.
Make sure that your child understands that these people are deserving of our love, just as we are to love everyone else. If the child asks, “well why can’t they have a relationship with each other,” say something about how that’s not what God has designed for them. Explain to them that ministering to them is a way to express love. Would you let a thief continue to steal to make himself happy? No. Correcting a person is an act of love, that’s why I punish you when you (hit your sister, threw apples at cars, etc.) But these people aren’t going to be punished by moms and dads, they’re going to be punished by God if they’re not careful. That’s why we need to love them and pray for them and be there to help them do good.
that’s what I would say anyway.
