I have to say that I read only the topic and I have not read any of the comments yet.

If my son came to me and told me was gay....I would tell him I love him and i would support him completely. I would be more devastated if my son came home and told me he was in a gang or if I found out that my son was drinking heavily or abusing drugs.

I have had many gay friends and aquaintances over the years and I truly feel that if I had 'shunned' them because of their sexual orientation I would have cheated myself out of knowing some remarkable people.

My belief is that God intended for us to be compassionate, tolerant and understanding with our fellow humans. Something there is way to little of in our world. I am much more worried by those who carry guns and are not of stabile mind and temperment. I would be worried that those who are full of homophobia and hate in their hearts towards gays that my son's life may be threatened because of it...but not the news of him being gay.

Now I'll go read the rest of the thread and see where my opinion falls into the mix.