There's plenty to be ashamed of, but that doesn't mean that a parent's love doesn't trump that.
If if I ever had a kid who killed someone, I don't think I could bring myself to be ashamed of him, though I'd grieve his poor decision-making.
Now that you mention it, I wonder if a dictator's parents could ever feel shame for his actions? Say a Saddam Hussein or a Paul Pot.
Comparing someone who is gay to a killer, much less a mass killer, even if loosely, puts you way, way out there on the continuum.
Now that you mention it, I wonder if a dictator's parents could ever feel shame for his actions? Say a Saddam Hussein or a Paul Pot.
Steve and Mildred Pot were deeply ashamed of their son Paul, who had shown such great promise as a youth and ended up selling timeshares in Bermuda. On the other hand, their son Pol was a trouble maker from day one.
Is this your idea of moral equivalence? Homosexuality is morally equivalent to killing someone or being a dictator?