If you had a gay relative ... - Page 9

Originally posted by: shruti14

Jagdu, this has ended up becoming a debate between two member only. I realised that after I posted my view! :)

But it is common knowledge that laws need to be updated. Forget homosexuality, in most Islamic countries, till today the women are treated with nothing but gruesome laws and as door mats and in some cases even worse.

Originally posted by: PhoeniXof_Hades

👍🏼</font><br><br> <br><br><font color="#000033" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">That sucks, to be honest - at least to me. While I am happy and grateful to the parents that they have at least accepted him, instead of throwing him away, I do not agree with their current views on it. But I can understand their position, and justify with it, if they come from a conservative family/area, with traditional values; it's sort of difficult to move away from there. Not everyone is open minded enough to go against a 'rule' society, religion and the law had taught us for ages, and not does everyone have the potential to understand and then accept anything new, that goes against their previous beliefs. (Willful ignorance is a different concept though...).<br>Just out of curiosity, seeing that you brought personal/home matters into the discussion, I would like top ask one personal question, too. Are you or anyone in the family doing anything to enlighten his (I'm assuming the member is a 'he') parents regarding the current scientific theories on homosexuality?</font><br>

I won't specify the person's gender, let's just call them X.

X is old enough to live alone, and has been doing so for many years now. The parents cant throw X out as X supports them and their other children.

The rest of us do not interfere in the matter because X is quite capable of handling this on their own. I honestly believe that the parents are simply uneducated about homosexuality and that at the end of the day only X can enlighten them.

The parents will eventually listen to their child; they just need some time to accept the situation. X wrote them a very nice letter on this topic; I hope they study that because it says more than we can ever say to them face to face.