Posted on 03/19/2013 6:18:04 AM PDT by Kaslin
The son said he was “born gay”....daddy is dumb.
We’re not allowed to drop our standards simply because they inconvenience some individuals or appear to be too harsh. Either we have marriage as an institution or we don’t. Conservatives who don’t understand this fundamental fact of life understand nothing.
If we dismantle the basic building block of our society, its hard to see how it will benefit men and women and children. If compassion is the rule that trumps everything else in social policy both morality and the social order will dissolve. The stakes for the future of this country in the end is about what kind of country we will be.
I guess if my child became a thief, I would embrace thievery as wholesome. Murder, sure. Adultery, good for you. The wages of sin is death and Mr. Portman ain’t the judge.
Prager writes “Periodically, we hear about Republican politicians whose child announces that he or she is gay.”
Yeah, statistically I’d say about one percent of Republican children are born with homosexual wiring. Same as the general population.
was he “born thief”?
heh
We can love the sinner and hate the sin at the same time. It might be one thing if there were genetic markers in DNA that caused homosexuality but everything I’ve seen seems to point to outside environmental influences but then again I’m not gay so what do I know?
I don’t see the relevance of his son’s sexual desires to the definition of the word “marriage”.
“Parents and children owe each other love and respect, not abandonment of convictions.” Very, very well put.
The son said he was born gay....daddy is dumb.
The alternative would be that his environment caused him to be gay, including the role of his father. It’s best that the father play the innocent victim of fate.
Portman forgot that sins don’t change simply because the times do.
If your child is gay, yes you should love your child but that doesn’t mean giving up deeply held moral beliefs to spare your child pain. Portman forgets the fundamental duty of a parent is to make sure their child makes the right choices in life, not to shield their child from those choices.
We live in a culture that prioritizes compassion. But its not always for the good of society - the good Portman overlooked in a bid to spare his son’s feelings.
Whenever this comes up in conversations with friends, I try to point out nicely that I have never heard a soon-to-be parent say “I hope he/she will be gay...”.
Can it be cured? my guess is that is some it can be, but in others it must simply be repressed much like the urge most men feel to cheat on their wives with young attractive women.
We are not animals, we are men. We have a CHOICE to act on our impulses or not, we are not slaves to every urge we have.
There is a reason the Greek root for the latter is "pathos," a sickness, a disease.
So now Mr. Portman has the undying respect and admiration of the Godless Left.
I suppose now they will embrace his stance on taxes, the size and scope of government, the second amendment, illegal immigration, etc.
I don't even know where Mr. Portman stands on these issues, but that's beside the point. How come he hasn't become the go-to guy on them?
Forgive them Lord, for they know not what they do.
This is a rather common event with families that have homosexual kids. It’s the easy way. Are there really parents out there who desire that their child miss out on the joy and fullness of a true marriage with the opposite sex and the blessing of children? Or are they just accommodating their child’s behavior? Every parent wants their child to love and be loved, but what if little Jimmy or Suzie brought home a sheep? It’s not the same. The parents are settling for less with their child.
Bingo!
And the world is filled with faithful men who manage to maintain their fidelity, despite sexual desires pointing them in the direction of sin.
Compassion is not affirming someone in sinful, destructive behavior. If Portman truly loves his son, he will work for the salvation of his soul and seek counseling and help for him.
IMHO, Portman is feeling guilty for not being there for his son and is partly to blame for his son’s same sex attraction. Now he’s trying to make good.
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