Late response, but oh well, been super busy.
I would argue that the family should also be accepting of someone's "life orientation" as well. Plus to a family deeply immersed in their religion, if someone is gay it might not mean they die at that moment, but to the religious family it could mean eternal damnation. I really don't believe in eternal damnation, but to a family that does, believing your little brother will be tortured for the rest of eternity has got to hurt a lot too. At the end of the day what we are talking about is people trying to control someone else's personal life choices. This is a very black and white issue for me, my life...my choice.
(December 14, 2014 at 11:33 pm)MysticKnight Wrote:(December 14, 2014 at 10:43 pm)FlyingNarwhal Wrote: You're using the term 'victim' here pretty broadly, as in if someone makes another person feel bad, that person is now a victim. By that same logic, a gay person should deny their sexuality if there family isn't accepting of gay people, because it may hurt their family's feelings and make them victims. That gay person knew their family was against homosexuality, and decided to come out of the closet anyways. Fucking selfish....
That analogy is wrong, because the family should accept the person regardless of his sexual orientation. In the case of suicide, the people affected ought to feel hurt about the person dead and can't be blamed for it.
I would argue that the family should also be accepting of someone's "life orientation" as well. Plus to a family deeply immersed in their religion, if someone is gay it might not mean they die at that moment, but to the religious family it could mean eternal damnation. I really don't believe in eternal damnation, but to a family that does, believing your little brother will be tortured for the rest of eternity has got to hurt a lot too. At the end of the day what we are talking about is people trying to control someone else's personal life choices. This is a very black and white issue for me, my life...my choice.
