Eek. If I somehow was unable to leave the country...
I'd provide as clinical/neutral an explanation as possible, and attempt to demonstrate how shameful this law was without actually violating it - and without making sure that they don't inadvertantly violate it if they talk about this with their friends, which I'd like them to be able to.
Move. Hitchhike to Canada. Find a boat to NZ or the UK. I am already seriously considering it (ask me how much it sucks to have someone refuse to dispense the medication to evacuate an embryo out of your uterus and explaining in the middle of a grocery store that no, actually your baby is already dead.)
Thank you. I'm so sorry you're actually facing something like that. =/ I moved from a pretty liberal town to Utah and I seriously never thought I would look back at SOUTH TEXAS as some bastion of civilization, but, there you are.
I thought we lived in the same state. Ugh. I've never come across stuff like this before but I guess I've just been lucky. I can't even imagine going through that.
I think I'd try and figure out how strictly the law was enforced, and how likely my family was to be targeted, before my teen ever had a chance to bring up the question. If I felt it was a risk to my children or our family's safety to say something pro-LGBTQ I'd try and think up something neutral-sounding like "When I was younger a lot of my friends were gay. It's illegal here, but that may eventually change." And then I'd just hope that my teen was smart enough to read between the lines and see that I meant "being gay is okay
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I like this approach. Just out of curiousity, you say "teen", would you do it in the same way with a younger child, if they brought it up? I imagine I would try to be even more direct with a teen, but I'm not too sure how I would handle this with a young child who may be too immature to ensure they don't say something that would put them and/or their parents in danger.
Yes, I've got the same questions. I'd rather put some knowledge about people's orientation in my child's head before society does it. Would you pay by your family safety for having an open-minded child? And please notice, if my kid is straight, it'll be easier for him to function in a society when he shares its basic moral values.
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And then I move somewhere else. I have enough family in other countries to sponsor us.
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I'll have to think about this question.
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I'd provide as clinical/neutral an explanation as possible, and attempt to demonstrate how shameful this law was without actually violating it - and without making sure that they don't inadvertantly violate it if they talk about this with their friends, which I'd like them to be able to.
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I'd rather put some knowledge about people's orientation in my child's head before society does it. Would you pay by your family safety for having an open-minded child? And please notice, if my kid is straight, it'll be easier for him to function in a society when he shares its basic moral values.
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