[spald]

I normally just ignore the homosexual threads here at FreeRepublic.

I'm a 74 year old grandma with a wonderful grandson who visits me often and telephones me almost every day. He's 16 and a sophomore in high school.

He used my Internet Explorer this evening while I was doing the dishes, as he was nice enough to join me for dinner. When I logged on later in the evening, I hit the pull down address menu in IE and was somewhat surprised to see two websites that I do not normally visit: thestudnextdoor.com and bearfur.com

I'm shocked. These are homo websites. What's a gradma to do?

[Torie]

Offer to take the guy out to dinner, and have a nice chat. Try to point out the downside legacy of going gay, and there is a downside legacy, but if that is his choice, based on hard wiring or otherwise (and it is a continuum, some are hard wired, some are closer to the tipping point, and some are just experimenting), you will love him nonetheless. Just a suggestion.

[Fitzcarraldo]

Clear the temp files and the history. When he comes for a visit, unplug the machine.

[Unam Sanctam]

If you are Catholic, there is a ministry for those with same sex attraction that follows Catholic teaching (homosexual activity is sinful, all outside of marriage are called to chastity), called Courage. They are at the website linked to below. There is also a related support group called Encourage for family members of those with same sex attraction:

http://couragerc.net/index.html

Please love your grandson, but remember that love does not mean having to affirm sinful homosexual behavior. And since he is so young, it may be that he is just confused at the moment. And pray, pray, pray.

[Westbrook]

He's probably been successfully brainwashed by the "sex education" classes at the local tax-funded, union-run, government indoctrination center.

I like to think of these institutions as the bus ministry of the Pagan State Church.

[fatez]

I always suspected Bert and Ernie.

[EdReform]

I normally just ignore the homosexual threads here at FreeRepublic... I'm shocked. These are homo websites. What's a gradma to do?

Stop ignoring the homosexual threads here at Free Republic and become informed. Then inform other grandmoms, grandads, parents, etc:

What We Can Do To Help Defeat the "Gay" Agenda
( www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1076476/posts )

Homosexual Agenda: Categorical Index of Links (Version 1.1)
( www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1026551/posts )

TRUTH WITHOUT INTERRUPTION DAY-- APRIL 21, 2004
( www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1106288/posts )

[Marie]

The odds are that your grandson was emailed info on the websites and went to look for a shocked giggle. I was sent to bearfur a couple of years ago by a friend. Her emil went something line this:

"You aren't going to believe this! LOL!!"

Well, my husband's name is Bear so I emailed him the site because I thought the photos were funny. (No, I didn't realize that it was a gay website.) He emaild me back with a tongue-in-cheek thanks for sending him to a gay website on a government computer. (oops!) I was still new at this whole internet thing, so it was really just a bad joke gone wrong.

Don't worry about your grandson. In my experience, kids still find this stuff shocking, stupid and funny. They look because it's forbidden, not because it's something they want to do. (Heck, I once found myself facinated for about a half an hour with a website on body art and I don't plan on piercing anything!) It's like slipping over to DU just to see how really messed up the other side is.

[little jeremiah]

I sent you a Freepmail yesterday....