Nothing could make me stop loving my son. The reason I would cry is because of all the bigots he would have to deal with that will try to make his life hell and a system that treats him like a second-class citizen, even going so far as to telling him that his love is inferior than those that it (the state) chooses as winners.

Pretty much. People tend to know how it will go down on both sides before it happens. Its rarely a secret. I know a friend who got disowned and kicked out and taken in by another family. He knew it would happen, he did it anyone. When my brother came out, I said 'duh', got anything new?

it was a joke about my discomfort with gays despite believing in tolerance for them - i'd be more worried about the treatment he'd get from my family than society itself

the likely scenario is that i'd have to cut myself off from my parents and extended family members as i know they would not be able to accept it in order to protect my son

my brother tends to be more understanding about these matters so he'd probably be accepting of it

This post was edited by duffman316 on May 16 2013 12:30pm

is your family religious?

very much so .... you should've seen what they did to my first car as part of our "traditions"

This post was edited by duffman316 on May 16 2013 04:01pm

Pretty much. The irony of all this - the topic is aimed at males, not females. For some reason gay females are accepted in todays society while gay males are cast aside like some sort or freak. Gay is gay, and human is human, and everyone essentially wants the same things out of life.

Who am I to decide how my son/daughter lives their life, who they choose to love, or how they carry out their relationships. As a parent, the only thing you should be is supportive.

I told my mother i wanted to join the hells angels and she wasnt supportive at all.

Hells Angels actually do a lot for the community.

Sure they are violent as hell, but do more than our politicians here in Florida.

http://blogs.roanoke.com/dancasey/2012/12/outlaw-bikers-turn-santas-helpers-in-toys-for-tots/

They do this every year.

This post was edited by SocialSuicide on May 17 2013 05:11am

Guys I think the thread was a theoretical "if your son came home and you didn't know he was gay..." thread.

Yeah some of my best friends are bikers, leonard, deano and billy are rebs, chris and mick are hells angels, my country is getting really dirty trying to clamp down on motor cycle clubs at the moment, declaring them crime syndicates, banning them from wearing colors etc.