 Amelia, the blogger who wrote about her 7 year old son's crush on GLEE's Blaine received a torrent of response. She shares what she's learning in a recent blog. She says: "It got me thinking and after awhile I started to feel like I knew this big secret that shouldn't be a secret at all: Every gay adult used to be a gay kid. It's not as if all children start off as straight until some time later when someone flips the gay switch. We are who we are from the very moment we are born." She goes on to declare her concern about the hurtful and hateful messages expressed to adults and of course, heard by children.
We're committed to making sure that the message of God's love for all is loud and clear. We're committed to making sure that the good news of the Gospel of Jesus Christ is shared with all persons, younger and older, LGBT and heterosexual. With Amelia, we want the message of love to prevail over hate and ignorance.
Within 24 hours it had been reposted and "liked" over 30,000 times on the blog's website...It also made some people uncomfortable. Of the criticisms, the most common is that my son is six years old and doesn't know anything about sex. While I fully acknowledge this may not be the end-all-and-be-all to my son's sexual orientation, I object to the idea that being gay is only about sexual acts. Our emotions and feelings, our attractions and compulsions, all contribute, not just our body parts. If my son had a crush on the star of iCarly, I doubt people would be saying he was too young to have those sexual feelings towards a girl. I think they would think it was an innocent schoolboy crush, which is exactly what it is.
Plus, for every comment I've read saying my son is too young, I have received multiple messages from adults saying "I knew when I was little, too."
It got me thinking and after awhile I started to feel like I knew this big secret that shouldn't be a secret at all: Every gay adult used to be a gay kid. It's not as if all children start off as straight until some time later when someone flips the gay switch. We are who we are from the very moment we are born.
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