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Originally Posted by greencreeper
Ages ago Electrolyte needed help with a Linux issue so I added him to my MSN list, and we still chat. I've often wondered what his parents would make of him chatting to a much older gay man. Would they think I was trying to seduce him? Would they worry that their perfect son had strayed onto the wild side - and blame me for leading him there?
So, any thoughts? Would you feel uneasy about your teenage son talking to an, er, old puff? What if the leader of the youth group or art teacher was gay - would being able to talk to the person and see him make any difference? What about gay men adopting children - is that appropriate or do think a female is needed? Why do you think there are issues, or am I being paranoid and in reality there are none?
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despite the gay parents issue being discussed before along with the rest ill add my comment.
i personally have no problems with gay people, i am freinds with some that are, if my parents knew or any of my other freinds that some of them are gay it WOULD be a huge issue, other people would turn their backs on the few that are gay including my parents and urge me to 'stay away' from people like 'them' its not simply because they 'fear' them but its the typical stigma attached with the mentality of 'catching aids etc...
the paranoia thing is just there in some people as with any issue people are very dismissive of subjects that they dont understand, this adds to the furore thats caused by the 'community' and condemnation by others around the area if they knew, then it would become one sided and as per misconceptions.
personally people should accept others as the they are, to be honest i see a person as a human being, nothing changes my attitude towards gay people, i treat then equally, but others will not, a certain fear grows in some people about the mentality such as 'he might influence my son' or 'my son might catch something' then the thought control of 'is my son gay' all sorts of things like that going through the minds of parents.
for the most part its ignorance on those peoples part, i just continue as usual, sexuality is a non effectant thing in freindships, i still would not tell anyone else, i KNOW some of my freinds and my parents especially would react badly.
its not and has never been an issue for me.
for some it is, thats why you leave things as they are the people who know are known to be ok with it.
gay people should be parents.
the parents of those people who are gay that i know are not homosexuals themselves.