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Prince William: 'I'd support my child if they were gay'
BBC News ^ | 26th June 2019 | BBC News

Posted on 06/26/2019 2:27:19 PM PDT by Ennis85

Prince William has said he would "fully support" his children if they were gay, but admitted he would "worry" about the added pressures they would face.

It was something he had thought about since becoming a parent, he said.

"I wish we lived in a world where it's really normal and cool, but particularly for my family, and the position that we are in, that's the bit I am nervous about," he said.

The duke was speaking to young people at a LGBT youth charity in London.

The Albert Kennedy Trust (AKT) supports LGBT young people who are at risk of homelessness.

The duke said he backed "whatever decisions" his children made, but added: "It does worry me from a parent point of view.

"How many barriers you know, hateful words, persecution, all that and discrimination that might come, that's the bit that really troubles me.

"But that's for all of us to try and help correct and make sure we can put that to the past and not come back to that sort of stuff."

Analysis

By Ben Hunte, BBC News LGBT Correspondent

This is a huge moment for LGBT people around the world.

For a member of the British Royal Family to give such an endorsement to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights, and their fight for equality, is a big deal, especially in a time when the visibility of LGBT people is being continually questioned.

However, with the Duke of Cambridge being a figurehead for the Royal Family as well as the Commonwealth, it is also worth remembering that homosexual activity is still a criminal offence in 35 of the 53 Commonwealth nations - and it is only legal in 18.

Many will now be wondering whether Prince William's words could have a positive impact on these places,

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: gay; homosexual; royalfamily; windsor
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1 posted on 06/26/2019 2:27:19 PM PDT by Ennis85
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To: Ennis85

A Brit aristocrat, supporting faggotry. Better put this into breaking news.


2 posted on 06/26/2019 2:28:53 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: Ennis85
If it happened with any of my kids I'd wonder "WHERE DID I GO WRONG?"
3 posted on 06/26/2019 2:29:04 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (A joke: Comey,Brennan and Lynch walk into a Barr...)
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To: Ennis85

What parent wouldn’t?


4 posted on 06/26/2019 2:29:06 PM PDT by Not A Snowbird (I trust President Trump.)
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To: Ennis85

William has a flaming uncle, so he has some knowledge.


5 posted on 06/26/2019 2:30:32 PM PDT by nickedknack
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To: Ennis85

A parent should love their child and be supportive, but I sometimes wonder what types of support these kids actually need. Just saying, “I support you”, doesn’t fix everything.


6 posted on 06/26/2019 2:30:53 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (This space for rent...)
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To: Ennis85

What’s next? The British monarchy being ok with incest? Gasp!


7 posted on 06/26/2019 2:31:24 PM PDT by Antoninus ("In Washington, swamp drain you.")
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To: Ennis85

Sounds like someone is fixing to come outta the closet. ..


8 posted on 06/26/2019 2:31:56 PM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds,)
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To: Not A Snowbird
What parent wouldn’t?

I wouldn't support my kid if he opted for a self-destructive lifestyle. I wouldn't be much of a parent if I did.
9 posted on 06/26/2019 2:32:20 PM PDT by Antoninus ("In Washington, swamp drain you.")
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To: Ennis85

"England is a fag country!"

10 posted on 06/26/2019 2:32:33 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Ennis85

“I wish we lived in a world where it’s really normal and cool


And the media and entertainment industries have been working overtime to “normalize” homosexuality. What more do you want them to do?

I take issue with the “cool” part, because among the liberal elitist types, it is considered “cool” to be gay nowadays.

Unless “cool” in British English has a different slang meaning than it does in America.


11 posted on 06/26/2019 2:32:40 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Ennis85
My response would be:

"My objective is to ensure he is never molested in the first place."

12 posted on 06/26/2019 2:34:01 PM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: nickedknack

Casual buggery and very polite antisemitism (which is really just a specialized form of elitism — because us Jews are just crass money-grubbers in their eyes) are fundamental hallmarks of upper class Brit society.


13 posted on 06/26/2019 2:34:08 PM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: Ennis85

What are the chances that young Prince Leroy will be gay?


14 posted on 06/26/2019 2:35:25 PM PDT by Beagle8U (It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you place the blame.)
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To: DesertRhino

Not just an aristocrat, the HEIR TO THE THRONE (well, after big nose). Which means his children are next in line after him, so if they were gay, they produce no heirs of their own, which is kind of their number one priority in life.


15 posted on 06/26/2019 2:36:32 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Not A Snowbird
Correct, including giving them access to conversion therapy or encouraging them to live a life of celibacy.

The sad truth of the matter is that there are hundreds of thousands of sick Sodomites willing to give an innocent child an incurable STD in return for a moment of thrills.

16 posted on 06/26/2019 2:36:34 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys all aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: Ennis85

but would he love his grandkids?

oops, sorry... not gonna have any.


17 posted on 06/26/2019 2:37:04 PM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: DesertRhino
Wincing LOL. But the real news for me, was this:

"... homosexual activity is still a criminal offence in 35 of the 53 Commonwealth nations - and it is only legal in 18."

Traces of surviving sanity.

18 posted on 06/26/2019 2:37:12 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good." - Romans 12:9)
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To: Ennis85

Mom will take care of that.


19 posted on 06/26/2019 2:39:05 PM PDT by carmen2017
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To: Gay State Conservative

What’s with the term ‘kids’?

A sexually active teen perhaps, or young adult.

And why the term ‘gay’? There’s nothing ‘gay’ about homosexuality

If Prince William had stated “I would worry for my son if he chose a homosexual orientation”, that would be clarifying. As it is this Prince is playing and dancing to the tune belted out by the pervert class.


20 posted on 06/26/2019 2:40:29 PM PDT by Hostage (Article V)
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