With so much hatred in the world, it’s a good feeling to know that there are some truly open-minded, loving people out there. This is one of those cases.
It is a sad but familiar story: a son admits his homosexuality to his family, and is met with a combination of disgust and horror. In this case, his mother went as far as to disown him. But the story has a happy ending this time. He is taken in by his grandfather, who writes his daughter an angry letter to point out her terrible mistake.
See the letter below, or read the transcript that follows:
Dear Christine:
I’m disappointed in you as a daughter. You’re correct that we have a “shame in the family,” but mistaken about what it is.
Kicking Chad out of your home simply because he told you he was gay is the real “abomination” here. A parent disowning her child is what “goes against nature.”
The only intelligent thing I heard you saying in all this was that “you didn’t raise your son to be gay.” Of course you didn’t. He was born this way and didn’t choose it any more than he being left-handed. You however, have made a choice of being hurtful, narrow-minded, and backward. So while we are in the business of disowning our children, I think I’ll take this moment to say goodbye to you. I now have a fabulous (as the gay put it) grandson to raise, and I don’t have time for a heartless b-word of a daughter.
If you find your heart, give us a call.
Dad
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