Raising a child in a liberal country...

[Reha]

Re: Raising a child in a liberal country…

@S02

America doesn’t say homosexuality is okay. America says it is legal.

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@Monk

I glad pakistani parents will never have to face such situation.. what a relief.

I don’t get it

@Paheli00

I don’t understand what exactly they’re concerned about? Do they think that their girl will become a lesbian simply b/c gay marriages are legal? Discriminating against a person b/c of their sexual orientation has been illegal for quite a while now. Celebs have been “coming out” for a long time (heck I still remember how everyone freaked out when Ellen came out and had the lesbian kiss on her show). LGBT movement is not something new. It has been going on for decades.

As for raising a child in accordance with Islamic teachings…lol…let’s see…alcohol is legal, women show plenty of skin (especially in the summer), dating/pre-marital sex is very common (even among teenagers), pork is readily available, non-halal food is everywhere etc. Majority of America doesn’t see anything wrong with eating non-halal food, eating pork, drinking alcohol, dating, wearing shorts/tank tops in the summer, wearing bathing suits in the beach etc. I find it amusing that your friends didn’t have an issues raising their little girl as a practicing Muslim with all that around. But suddenly gay marriage becoming legal is freaking them out.

Paheliii, they’re not worried about their kids becoming gay or lesbians. They’re more worried about how Islam might conflict with the surroundings their kids are in - causing confusion.

They’re a very broad minded couple - never seen them look down on anyone. I know discrimination is not a part of this.

But they are on the more religious side and Islam does say its wrong.

@Muzna

half the time the fear is not about what will happen to their kids, although in rare cases parents do worry that exposure means a tendency to explore and then “turn”

most times they are just afraid that this is a matter involving , omg I’m going to say the word, sex and they are going to have to actually, god forbit, talk about it with their kids.

That is a huge part of it I think.

@njgal

no doubt it’s hard. As parents you get to answer some hard questions.

But that happens everywhere doesn’t it whether it’s a liberal country or a non liberal country.

Bingo.

I think their main issue is explaining this to their kids.