Heterosexual parents: Would/do you allow your child(ren) to watch programs that make a favorable portrayal of homosexuality? Why or why not?
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PhileoTruth
ANSWERS: 13
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Unfortunately, we are a society that loves to follow examples. Hence; the fast and the furious. How many of you out there love to race down the freeway in your little Hondas.
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It depends on the show. We have watched plenty of good programs that portray a variety of people. We don't watch bad tv or movies. People are people. Entertainment is entertainment. My children are pretty smart and if I did avoid a particular show for something it portrayed, they would know it, and be curious, and not ask me about it.
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We don't watch much TV. I watch news and sports and my wife watches the old shows from the 60's like Andy Griffith. We do however have a grown son who is homosexual. He and his partner have lived together for several years, and he had a couple of other partners before that. Being Christians, we do not approve of this choice, but being parents, we continue to love and support (emotionally) our son. We pray for him to "see the light" and repent, but it doesn't look like God is going to answer this prayer any time soon. Our other 2 children are heterosexual and love their brother, but it is tough having to live with this situation. We always tried to monitor our kids viewing and keep them from watching anything to violent or lascivious, and by that and church they turned out to have good morals, with the one exception already discussed. I don't think a good parent encourages homosexuality, or drinking and smoking, or pre-marital sex, but you cannot protect your children from seeing and hearing a lot of what is out there in the world. You just do the best you can.
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I don't object to showing homosexuality, or any other lifestyle, in any light, be it positive or negative. There are exceptions, naturally. Overt sexual displays are not for children. Neither is devil-worshipping, or extreme violence. Since it's difficult to rock-hop over programs without violence and sexually graphic material, I either turn the channel, or, if it isn't too graphic, start a discussion. Everything is a learning opportunity to an involved parent, I've come to discover. +5
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if a charactor just happens to be gay that is a non issue... attached is one of my favorite sceenes from rush hour 2 which falls into this catigory. but when the point of the show is to glorify homosexuality no. just as I would not let my kids watch a show which glorified promiscuity... heck, because of the irreverent additudes depicted about sex I would not even allow my children to watch friends or seinfeld.
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I don't know the process of portraying a gay/lesbian person positively would be any different from portraying a hetero person positively. That aside, it wouldn't matter in the least to us... except I guess that it might help innoculate them a little against anti-gay sentiments which probably start around age 10.
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I wouldn't really care. I'd want my children to be open to the world and everyone that inhabits it. Plus I don't really see why it would matter if it was a homosexual show in general. It's not like it's going to turn them homosexual.
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No I would not. I won't even let my children watch american idol.
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It's part of reality, no? ;-)
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No, I don't want them watching shows with people making out, smoking, drinking, doing drugs, having sex, thinking about having sex, homosexuality, violence...I want my children to stay innocent as long as possible and I want them to stay a child as long as possible. Exposing them to stuff like that isn't going to help in that area.
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We just didn't really watch TV when my kids were growing up. We watched movies and sports. During the school year our TV would never even be turned on on weeknights. My children were educated about sexuality without learning in on TV. My older daughter is a minister who has no qualms performing ceremonies for gay couples. She grew up, formed her own philosophy, and is living her life in faith. I'm very proud of her. Seems to me if a TV show is going to portray something like this, a parent should want their children to have already been educated on that subject rather than allowing a TV show to be a child's first exposure to important and relevant life issues.
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Of course. I think kids should know the truth, whatever that happens to be.
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No i would not. If they're gonna be gay i want them to discover it for themselves and not do it just because it's rubbed in our faces so much that it appears normal. I won't let my kids watch anything with ANYBODY kissing/touching whether its homo/hetro or what. I don't want tv to influence my kids in any way.
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