For this blog I just want to show you the beginning of one of the articles on the Focus on the Family website. Feel free to make your own judgements...
When a Loved One Says 'I'm Gay'
It is possible to move beyond the grief.
There are some key issues that parents have to face to successfully “move beyond” the paralyzing grief-stricken state of having a gay child.
The loss must be faced. Having a gay child entails the loss of future dreams, loss of control, loss of security, loss of relationship. These multiple losses trigger a grief reaction that can last for months or even several years.
Even if your child comes out of homosexuality, you will always live with the reality that your child has struggled in this area, that something profoundly wrong has occurred in his/her life that will leave a scar — even after healing. You will never see them in quite the same way again. And, in that sense, the way you look at that person has changed forever. This is a loss of great magnitude.
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