by Emily Jager
How to Accept the Truth When Your Child Wants to Do a Same-Sex Marriage
11:36 am in Human Rights by Emily Jager
Accepting the truth about your gay child’s marriage with a same sex person can be quite a big problem initially. The shock and perhaps some anger can make you feel miserable as you had notions about your son. You had a difficult task accepting your child was gay earlier, and now, you have to battle with the idea that he would marry another man.
It goes against your idea of marriage and the very shock and disbelief that greeted you when you first came to know about your child’s sexual orientation, would surface again. You know very well how society views gays and their relationships. And marriage is something that is most stigmatized by society, still at odds with the issue. The recent Proposal 8 in the United States would make lives more difficult for gay and lesbians and all same sex marriages.
Nearly half the states in the US are against same sex marriage and gay relationships. It s only a few states where they are legal and rights are given to gay couples to also adopt children. But it does not get easier that way as there can be discrimination at every level. Right from the child adoption agencies to the home owners, gay couples can find the going tough and loaded against them.
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