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so a kid i went to high school with posted that he was disappointed in the boy scouts for letting gay kids join. (ugh.) but then it got worse - someone tried to argue with him by asking him what he would do if he had a son who was gay. the kid responded, "i hope i raise my kid right, and i don't have that problem."
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when i read that, i immediately started thinking the usual, "oh, that is terrible of you; wow, i hope you never have kids; or i hope you do and they change you." and then i repeated a thought i have had many times: when i have kids, i will love them no matter what.
but then i realized something... it would be really hard for me to love my son if he wrote things like that on facebook. damn near impossible. or maybe i could love him, but it would be hard to like him, respect him, be proud of him.
so then i found myself saying the same thing that kid i went to high school with did - i hope i raise my kid right, and i don't have that problem. and that is kind of troubling to me...
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when i read that, i immediately started thinking the usual, "oh, that is terrible of you; wow, i hope you never have kids; or i hope you do and they change you." and then i repeated a thought i have had many times: when i have kids, i will love them no matter what.
but then i realized something... it would be really hard for me to love my son if he wrote things like that on facebook. damn near impossible. or maybe i could love him, but it would be hard to like him, respect him, be proud of him.
so then i found myself saying the same thing that kid i went to high school with did - i hope i raise my kid right, and i don't have that problem. and that is kind of troubling to me...