If your son turned out to be gay.....

[jman3000]

I wouldn't care if I had more than 1 son/daughter and they had already had children. If he was an only child... then yeah, I'd be a bit dissappointed because I wouldn't have any grandchildren of my blood.

[mrsmaalox]

I'd have no problem with it at all. Gay men looovvvve their mamas!

[Thunder Dan]

I would take choice 2 without the exception of being upset. If he was gay he was gay, still my son, and nothing to be disappointed about

[Drachen]

I would accept him but be disappointed that the family name is very likely not being carried on. I won't lie, it might make me a bit sad too (I wanna do all that man stuff that I don't know if I will be able to do with him). It will be difficult, but I ultimately will accept who he is. I will not be disappointed in HIM though, maybe just disappointed in general. I have no son, BTW. (not since the last one told me he was gay.) - jk

[easjer]

I wouldn't care if I had more than 1 son/daughter and they had already had children. If he was an only child... then yeah, I'd be a bit dissappointed because I wouldn't have any grandchildren of my blood.

Not necessarily. Being gay doesn't mean you are incapable of producing biological offspring, it just eliminates that likelihood/possibility with your partner if you are male.

Plenty of gay men go on to father and raise children, and plenty of gay couples adopt. And what if your straight son were to adopt a child for whatever reason? It sort of comes out to the same thing.

Women though do have more options, at least if they are willing to pay for IVF. Recently Cat Cora (the chef) revealed that she is pregnant with a child created from her partner's ovum and a sperm donor and her partner is likewise pregnant with Cat Cora's biological child.

[easjer]

I would accept him but be disappointed that the family name is very likely not being carried on. I won't lie, it might make me a bit sad too (I wanna do all that man stuff that I don't know if I will be able to do with him). It will be difficult, but I ultimately will accept who he is. I will not be disappointed in HIM though, maybe just disappointed in general. I have no son, BTW. (not since the last one told me he was gay.) - jk

Again, being gay doesn't eliminate the chance for parenthood or the progression of the family name, nor does being straight ensure the same.

I know you said you wouldn't be disappointed in the son, I'm just pointing out the other side of the argument.

[TwAnKiEs]

I would blame the Miami Heat







seriously my goal is to see my children live a happy life, no matter what the situation is.

[Kriz-Maxima]

I agree with the general sentiment, It wouldn't make a difference to me.

[Drachen]

Again, being gay doesn't eliminate the chance for parenthood or the progression of the family name, nor does being straight ensure the same.

I know you said you wouldn't be disappointed in the son, I'm just pointing out the other side of the argument.

This is why I used the "likely" qualifier. I realize there are surrogate mothers, and having a child before admitting to being gay, etc. But the likelihood of a gay son having a child greatly dwarfs the likelihood of a straight son having a child. Though neither is 100% one way or another.

[Strike]

I don't have kids. But if I did, I'd probably be apprehensive about it at first, then I wouldn't care as long as he/she is happy with themselves. As far as the carrying on the family name , I couldn't care less. I was adopted. If my kid and mate chose to adopt and raise a family, I'd be happy that they'd choose to give an "unwanted" child a happy home.

And as long as I still get to make the occasional gay joke, I'm cool with it.

[David Bowie]

I really don't think that I'd care. I have been surrounded by gay people for a long time, and theyre mostly great.

If I had a son though, I would make sure that he did understand that there truely is a high risk of HIV in the gay male community, and that it's not just a phobic steryotype.