After their son came out, this religious conservative couple went into a closet of their own

[quote] Greg Jr. refused to be “fixed.”

[quote] A Christian counselor once asked him, “Don’t you want to go to heaven?”

[quote] “Not if you’re there,” Greg Jr. said.

Lol. Well that was bitchy!

This part was amazing.

It's funny how his parents were supposedly the "Christians" in name, but their son was the one who portrayed those values in DEED.

[quote] She and Greg Sr. had remained closeted for more than a decade, struggling with shame, after they learned their son’s secret. But in 2013, she faced another battle: She was diagnosed with breast cancer.

[quote] “I had to put on my big girl pants and get through this,” Lynn says.

[quote] What followed was months of chemotherapy, multiple surgeries and her hair falling out in clumps. She spent much of her time in bed and barely had enough energy to move. Her husband stood by her, but another person soon appeared at her bedside: Greg Jr.

[quote] Their son was now 29 and living in Chicago after attending DePaul and the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. At Greg Jr.’s invitation, his parents moved briefly into his Chicago condo. He washed his mother’s laundry and tucked her in at night. He took her shopping and purchased stylish caps and scarves to cover her hair loss.

[quote] Lynn began thinking of the years she had spent raising her son in a home where he was afraid to be himself. The years she spent quoting scriptures at him that condemned his homosexuality. But here he was, showing her compassion. Instead of anger, he was embodying Christ’s example — loving those who had scorned him.

Does the woman in OP's photo work at HOOTERS ? My heavens - the bazoomers on her !

The Lord has given her much - -

News flash: some women have big tits.

[quote]Their son was now 29 and living in Chicago after attending DePaul and the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City.

Someone's going to have the snazziest death shroud in the neighborhood.

R5 Those aren't classified as 'big'. Those are gigantic.

[quote] Stanley then proceeded to defend the conference, and the McDonalds. He said North Point wasn’t backtracking on its belief that biblical marriage is between a man and woman. But he argued that evangelicals must deal with what was happening to LGBTQ+ children in their churches because “86%” of LGBTQ+ people in the US grow up in church, “but they leave at twice the rate of straight people.”

[quote] Stanley cited the McDonalds’ relationship with their son, and the isolation faced by many LGBTQ+ youth in the evangelical world. He also distanced his church from Mohler’s brand of Christianity.

[quote] “Bottom line, that version of Christianity draws lines. And Jesus drew circles,” Stanley said. “He drew circles so large and included so many people in his circle that it consistently made religious leaders nervous.”

This is an interesting conversation to be had.

[quote] Why did the McDonalds attract such withering criticism? The debate over homosexuality in the church is not new. Why was their public support for their son and other families like theirs so infuriating to many conservative Christians?

[quote] Gushee, the Christian ethicist, has a theory.

[quote] “They chose love over dogma,” he says. “The whole premise of their ministry is, ‘We’re not trying to tell you how to interpret scripture. But the bottom line is, love your child, stay in a relationship with them and go on the journey with them.’”

Exactly.

[quote] By this time Greg Jr. had moved away to attend DePaul University in Chicago. He and his parents barely spoke. He rebuffed their attempts to cite scripture. Their occasional visits were so strained that their son avoided being alone with them and surrounded himself with friends.

Greg Jr. and his friends...

There are no gods. Religion is just fear of death; it all deals with not really dying.

I'm sorry to say it, but the dad is SO much hotter than the son!

Yes - fairy tale religion is about the promise of eternal life, and that you will see your loved ones again on the “other side.”

It’s a baby blanket, essentially.

You can’t argue with god that’s why it is so useful. Don’t try and let the Christian’s worry about it.

People in civilized countries find these stories incredible.

R11, I couldn’t disagree more.

Good Lord R11 did the son get cancer too and lose his hair?

[Quote] After their son came out, this religious conservative couple went into a closet of their own

Oh my god, they went into the closet the moment he was born? How did they know he was gay??? Did his little peepee get hard when the doctor held him?????

Does the dad have any idea that gay men will be perving over him?

[quote]R16 Good Lord [R11] did the son get cancer too and lose his hair?

And why are the knees of his pants all worn though ? !

He was cuter younger. I lost interest.

R11, I thought so, too.

And why is a 40-year-old man still referring to himself as "Jr."? And why is a 40-year-old man wearing ripped jeans?

Besides my two, snarky questions, their story is beautiful. Love how welcoming they became to Greg, his husband, his friends (Shout out to the lesbian bartender), and that poor Polish waif.

I knew that bartender.

That little bartender girl was me.

Mom doesn’t have bug boobs— she’s just overweight.

It's just the fabric, makes them tatas look yuge.

Tune in Tokyo!

R19,

Sucking off the church choir.

What happened to the cute son in R9?

They sure had to do a lot of mental gymnastics to get their son back into their lives. But, it shows that they love the son and I'm sure that means everything to the son.

[quote] Mom doesn’t have bug boobs

A surprisingly good article from CNN. Thanks, OP.

[quote]People in civilized countries find these stories incredible.

So do most Americans.

Religious fundies need to stop living their lives by a book of Bronze Age fairy tales and join the 21st Century.

The son is hot. Both in his early college age photo and with that stache at the end.

But seriously.....I'm glad the parents came around. I'm not very religious but....acceptance and love seems to be what Christ was all about.

[quote]Religious fundies need to stop living their lives by a book of Bronze Age fairy tales and join the 21st Century.

Religious fundies don't believe a word of what they profess, based on their support of a presidential candidate who gleefully violates every one of the Ten Commandments pretty much daily.

r35 they pick and choose, it's all about justifying their own bigotry.

These to Christians are stupid miserable nasty cunts. Fuck them. Such navel gazers.