God's Gay Child

[wicket]

A beautiful letter to the editor http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2007/01/15/gods_gay_child/?p1=MEWell_Pos4">in today's Boston Globe.

LOVE AND let love.

God gave me a gift, a wonderful son who happens to be gay. God does not give inferiors gifts. God does not make mistakes. This little boy that God gave to me is now a fine young man. But my son is treated like a second-class citizen by my church. Maybe my state constitution will treat him likewise. I pray that it will not.

If you had a gay loved one in your family you would be a better person. You would be sensitive to the discrimination gays endure. You would realize that they, too, are entitled to mutual love.

God will continue to send gay babies. We must take them into our hearts and our lives. That would please God.

DOROTHY DONAHUE
Norwell

Amen.

[meegbear]

1. Thank you Dorothy Donahue!

:thumbsup:

[murielm99]

2. That is a wonderful letter.

I am always mindful of the heartbreak of gay children who are disowned by their families. Some of those poor kids live on the streets. Their suicide rates are high.

Let's hope this letter changes some minds.

[Heidi]

3. Kicked and recommended.

:thumbsup:

:kick:

[Deep13]

4. "God does not make mistakes."

How do you explain Paulie Shore?

[ashling]

5. Practical joke

God loves a good practical joke :)

[William769]

7. He also has a sense of humor.

[cboy4]

6. Nice letter! Thank you for sharing it!

:thumbsup:

[xchrom]

8. lol -- gives new meaning to ''a friend of dorothy's''.

that note was a joy!

god will indeed continue to send gay babies, amen.

[TommyO]

9. Bravo, Dorothy Donahue!

Another example of somebody who truly understands that gay men and women are people and don't deserve the discrimination that is being forced on them.

[wicket]

10. Amen to that

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[wicket]

11. kick

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[Jeffersons Ghost]

12. apparently the Divine Creator also created MANY types of gay/lesbian mammals...

Which mammalian species does not exhibit ANY homosexual tendencies?

[MuseRider]

13. Thank you Mabus for alerting

me to this thread and thank you Dorothy for a very nice and loving LTTE.

Everyone is a gift, each one of us. We must work for equality, to me it is essential before we can grow in any other way.

[wicket]

14. "We must work for equality, to me it is essential before we can grow in any other way."

Amen to that. :hug:

[Mabus]

15. I know how much work you do for equality here in Kansas

and I love you for it. I saw this thread and it reminded me of you. There are so many of us who just don't understand why people are discriminated against for their sexuality. I applaud you and those you work with for working so hard to help others understand that a person's sexuality is a private matter. A person's sexuality is not a reason to deny employment, a place to live or health benefits. We're all people and we all deserve to be as people.

:loveya:

[Mabus]

16. Thank you for sharing this letter

It's wonderful because it is true.

[Sapphire Blue]

17. And Amen!

[Radio_Lady]

18. Nice letter. However, those of us who don't believe in a personal God

... can still accept and support homosexuality.

Yours truly,

Radio_Lady in Oregon