If you haven't already seen this, you really shouldn't miss it.

[FirstLight]

15. well now you guys are making me tear up again...

I guess I am lucky enough to have been raised in a liberal, diverse area (oakland/berkeley) ...and while my mom has old school bits and pieces of bigotry still in her, she tried for the most part to stay open minded enough to say "whatever floats your boat"
(...my first Ob/GYN as a teen was a woman, and we suspected she was Lesbian as well...but it didn't change the fact she was a woman first, and understood women more than any man I had met in the medical profession.)

My mom like most folks has become more conservative over the decades, but I don't think for one minute she would love any of her grankids less for their sexual preference, and if she did, I would have words with her.

I may be straight, but I know LOVE is important no matter where it comes from. I've been married 2 times, and still have yet to know what it feels like to be held that valuable to someone. If one of my kids was lucky enough to have that, no matter who it is, I have to respect that. Truth be told, I would probably accept someone of the same sex more readily than an asshole of the opposite sex, lol... (who, me? manhating issues...?)

My daughter's reaction to the video was priceless. (she was asking if the teen was feeling bad, said aww when the boyfriend proposed and started to cry at the wedding as the mom walked him down the aisle...) And I am proud to have these open conversations with her and her brother (9 yrs)...They know about abusive relationships, they know about prejudice against race and religion, they know what happens in life. I have friends who won't have certain conversations with their kids until they are a certain age...but IMO, kids ask questions when they are ready for the answers. I know more is said on the playground now than in my day, I know my daughter has probably heard words I wouldn't have known at that age. But I also know I am trusting their hearts to be genuine, and their minds to be open...the more informed they are about the world and it's challenges, the better prepared they will be to meet it/them...