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"So you would never judge your children for anything except judging? What about their grades? Will you judge them if they bring home failing grades? Skip school? Use drugs? Get arrested? Commit a crime? Yell curses at you? Something? Surely there is something you would judge them on, or what use are you as a parent? Good parents care about their children's moral character."

Good parents teach their children. They correct their mistakes. They help them understand.

GOOD PARENTS DO NOT CUT THEIR CHILDREN OFF!

Parents who do that are not good parents.

A parent can certainly disapprove of a child's behavior, even when that child is an adult. A parent can, and should, express that disapproval. However, a parent who simply rejects a child for something like this is stupid beyond belief. It is an action that cannot be recalled. It is an action that will follow the parent to his or her grave.

Homosexuality is a sin, according to most religions. So is adultery. So are many things. Rejecting a child for their choice or genetic coding for homosexuality is ridiculous.

Love your children. Chide them, but don't reject them. If you reject them, you will sorrow over it.

However, a parent who simply rejects a child for something like this is stupid beyond belief.

That's a pretty judgmental statement, don't you think?

Actually, if you correct your child then I am not saying you must write them off. I am just saying that sometimes it is all a parent can do. For that matter, sometimes it works the other way and the adult child must break the relationship. I honestly believe that. There are boundaries that should not be violated and behaviors that cannot be tolerated. Have you ever lived with an alcholic or a drug addict? Someone with a violent temper? Lots of things. Do you know, was the lesbian respecting her parents by not putting her sin in their face or did she expect them to give their stamp of approval and everything? Frankly, I feel more for the parents who are devastated than I do for the child who is actively sinning so profoundly. They probably feel they have lost their child either way. And the goal of the parents is most probably to turn the child around. I seriously doubt it is just a vengeful act. I do not know what I would do.

They gave her life and instruction. She should be grateful for that. She's an adult. Walk on her own two feet. If she wants them back, change her ways.