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A Christian dad claims his gay daughter's counselor interfered with their anti-gay bigotry (www.friendlyatheist.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They claimed they loved their daughter but also said a same-sex relationship was “not allowed” in their home. Not while she was under their roof. They punished her for lying to them and forbid her from seeing her girlfriend.

That doesn't add up. Either you love your child and want to see it happy or you don't.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Or was it because they did not want to condone their daughter having a sexual relationship with a friend who was living at their home?

I could see them just as opposed to their 16-year-old daughter having her boyfriend move into her home and bed.

Do parents get to have at least that much control over what is acceptable under their roof?

This article could have been written with this kind of perspective, but that wouldn't provide nearly the same level of outrage.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I don't see any problem with this at all.

[–] Spiralvortexisalie 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah I hated how it was just glossed over that she basically moved her girlfriend into their house for SIX MONTHS! This is definitely a story where every participant seems to suck, literally everyone is taking the worst choices.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

With all these people so concerned over parents rights, they forget the kids have rights too. They aren't their parents property.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

From the viewpoint of a "traditional household" that's exactly how they view their kids, and that's what they really mean by parents' rights. The continued treatment of their kids as a blank slate to impress their values on by any means necessary, including and especially abuse, is extremely, extremely important to conservatives.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear 2 points 1 year ago

Consent and respect for individual rights aren't high on the list or priorities to such people. It's "traditional" in the same way slavery was traditional.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wouldn't have allowed my kids to bring a sexual partner to live in our house when they were 16.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear 4 points 1 year ago

Some would, some wouldn't. Personally I wouldn't have a problem with it. Better to have sex under my roof than somewhere less safe. In any case it's not like you need to worry about her getting pregnant.

That is all irrelevant to my point in any case. I would say that children's right to privacy with their counselor supercedes the parent's right to know what is said in their sessions.