If your child asks you about gay parents of his friend

[Muzna]

Re: If your child asks you about gay parents of his friend

@Gemini_the_Great

we lived in mass and in fact knew quite a few same sex couples/parents at work, around town , and in general. It was just a norm there and if we were still there when our child was old enough to understand, I think he would have just known its normal and just not part of our religion. I did notice that people respected my religion and never said or acted which would have made me uncomfortable. it was a pretty liberal town.

Now here in this state, where gay marriage is not even allowed, I have a feeling the exposure to that will be pretty late and again if it comes to that, answer will be we must respect their decisions just like they respect our decision to wear a scarf, not drink alcohol and all that.. we dont have a right to judge.

Re Muslim gay couples.. well lets just say they are not practicing Muslims so just being born Muslim or having an islamic name doesnt make them Muslim.. bet it will be harder to explain just like I tell my husband that for us it will be easier to raise our child in the US than in Pakistan.. where you really cant get away with “but we are Muslims” answer to satisfy your child and their questions. Almost everyone is Muslim there but not practicing Muslim so that needs more understanding, patience, and communication between a parent and child.

just my two cents

agree…I think.
the thing is that I don’t want to dictate to my child whether to respect someone as a “practising Muslim” or not; I want her to believe that this is something strictly between a momin/momina and Allah. I want to teach her that you respect a person’s right to make a decision and let them be.