[TomC]

Originally Posted by Brillopad

I never used the word ‘wrong’ about either sexuality Ammi. I just know that like many parents I wouldn’t want that seed planted in my children’s minds so young. It am also annoyed by the continued pressure from certain quarters to force parents to conform to their way of thinking.

I think secondary school is a perfectly suitable time for children to learn more about same sex relationships and the rights of parents of that opinion to have that opinion are just as valid as those who don’t agree. The pushiness of some on this subject is getting pretty tiresome to be honest - I don’t mean you Ammi, you are always pleasant and considerate even when you don’t agree.

Secondary school is too late; without positive exposure to same-sex relationships, homophobic rhetoric is commonplace by the start of secondary school.

I don't think you can quite underestimate what kind of impact having positive exposure to LGBT relationships at a young age would have on young LGBT people's lives.

[Brillopad]

Originally Posted by TomC

Secondary school is too late; without positive exposure to same-sex relationships, homophobic rhetoric is commonplace by the start of secondary school.

I don't think you can quite underestimate what kind of impact having positive exposure to LGBT relationships at a young age would have on young LGBT people's lives.

And I don’t think you understand this from a parent’s point of view. Stalemate I think.

[Withano]

Originally Posted by Brillopad

And I don’t think you understand this from a parent’s point of view. Stalemate I think.

There are several parents in this thread. You can’t blame you discomfort with homosexuality on being a parent, sorry, you just cant.

[TomC]

Originally Posted by Withano

There are several parents in this thread. You can’t blame you discomfort with homosexuality on being a parent, sorry, you just cant.

Put better than I could put it. Ridiculous, why should a parent have a problem?

[Brillopad]

Originally Posted by TomC

Put better than I could put it. Ridiculous, why should a parent have a problem?

Many do. It isn’t your place to tell them you know better - you don’t.

[Brillopad]

Originally Posted by Withano

There are several parents in this thread. You can’t blame you discomfort with homosexuality on being a parent, sorry, you just cant.

And those that don’t share the same opinion are entitled to it. There are plenty of parents that don’t. You don’t tell others how to feel!

[Withano]

Originally Posted by Brillopad

And those that don’t share the same opinion are entitled to it. There are plenty of parents that don’t. You don’t tell others how to feel!

But that isnt because they are parents, it is because they are homophobic wrecks who, unfortunately for the world, bred.

[Brillopad]

Originally Posted by Withano

But that isnt because they are parents, it is because they are homophobic wrecks who, unfortunately for the world, bred.

I wouldn’t expect anything else from you - full of hate for those that think for themselves.

[Withano]

Originally Posted by Brillopad

I wouldn’t expect anything else from you - full of hate for those that think for themselves.

This literally translates to ‘i’m disappointed that you dislike homophobes’. I can live with that brillo.

[montblanc]

Originally Posted by Brillopad

And I don’t think you understand this from a parent’s point of view. Stalemate I think.

[montblanc]

ah just CAN’T

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Brillopad

And I don’t think you understand this from a parent’s point of view. Stalemate I think.

..I guess from a parental point of view, Brillo...I would say that you would be a parent that would never ever want your child to feel they were perceived as ‘taboo’ in some way...something that wasn’t suitable for children, for their peers somehow...that some society views would perceive them or their family as ‘not the norm’....so to encourage TV programmes like this that present the realities of love and marriage, could only be a good and progressive thing...any discomfort that a parent might feel is only because of their own ‘conditioning’ from childhood as a perceived ‘norm’...the only way that can change and prevent prejudice is for it to end and for change to happen...changes like this and what we as parents present to our children as the norm....