How not to react when your child tells you that he's gay

[SheilaT]

17. Sadly, I think she will never love him.

She may need him someday, but she will still never love him.

And I agree, that when your church matters more to you than loving your son, this is what can happen.

I cannot imagine being so totally rejecting of what your child is. Oh, I could make a dumb joke about if my kid became a conservative Republican, but even then I would not be so hateful. I'd question, and argue and try to persuade my kid otherwise, and the worst I hope I would do would be to declare all political discussions off limits, but I'd NEVER reject my child this way.