tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30731935.post8683331590743439449..comments2007-03-11T23:54:24.091+11:00Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06698765100516227836slowlanedan@gmail.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30731935.post-90419130766285313022007-03-11T23:54:00.000+11:002007-03-11T23:54:00.000+11:002007-03-11T23:54:00.000+11:00She was great. She took the time to let him find his own answer to this particular church hypocrisy.<BR/><BR/>I think they talked about love and faith being about how you live your life, and that the church, with all good intent, is still an institution subject to the vagaries of the humans that run it, and belong to it.<BR/><BR/>He chose meYarravillePaulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12741261027543657222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30731935.post-6614897605083601352007-03-11T11:51:00.000+11:002007-03-11T11:51:00.000+11:002007-03-11T11:51:00.000+11:00What did your nephew's mum say?Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06698765100516227836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30731935.post-71803556864160277272007-03-11T01:40:00.000+11:002007-03-11T01:40:00.000+11:002007-03-11T01:40:00.000+11:00He's right ^^ Smart bloke that.Callahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16779147701859218700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30731935.post-11509505782621805592007-03-10T23:18:00.000+11:002007-03-10T23:18:00.000+11:002007-03-10T23:18:00.000+11:00When my nephew was 12, he asked his mum about a dilemma he could not resolve in his mind.<BR/><BR/>Why does the church say God loves everyone, we are all his children.<BR/>Yet, they wont acknowledge or accept my gay uncle Paul.<BR/><BR/>Your mum seems to be expressing these same conflicting messages. She has been told the gays people are both good and bad. She will not be able to resolve this dichotomy before exposure to people who are gay. Her love of you will be the decider...<BR/><BR/>Hope this makes sense.YarravillePaulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12741261027543657222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30731935.post-77550093598364299562007-03-10T13:53:00.000+11:002007-03-10T13:53:00.000+11:002007-03-10T13:53:00.000+11:00Normality is a fiction.<BR/><BR/><I>"There's no such thing as normal. Normal is a setting on dryers"</I><BR/><BR/>Mum told that to me once. <BR/><BR/>The annoying part is she thinks, as does Sister, that she is being perfectly reasonable by saying that homosexuality is unnatural and abnormal by qualifying the statement with "they're still wonderful people".Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06698765100516227836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30731935.post-20878499459045313332007-03-10T00:22:00.000+11:002007-03-10T00:22:00.000+11:002007-03-10T00:22:00.000+11:00You should stick to your plan.<BR/><BR/>Your mum will have a journey to understanding what it means for you to be gay. You can not predict or be responsible for it. You can only help her remember that you are her son, and you will be part of her life. Always. <BR/><BR/>I know that your mums voiced opinions about gays were learnt in a different time in history, and were informed by different influences. It is time you became the major influence.<BR/><BR/>You are not the first.YarravillePaulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12741261027543657222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30731935.post-65208636584818758472007-03-10T00:03:00.000+11:002007-03-10T00:03:00.000+11:002007-03-10T00:03:00.000+11:00Normality is relative. <BR/><BR/>I'm completely normal, its the rest of the planet that's stark raving mad. <BR/><BR/>Humans tend to need a line in the sand for a lot of things and the normality one is usually neatly drawn around a Disney fairytale definition of life. <BR/><BR/>On the up-side, she has recognised and voiced two things that could be good. <BR/>It is at the core of your identity, and it doesn't make you a terrible person. <BR/><BR/>That is a step in the right direction.Callawww.shesapples.netnoreply@blogger.com