Technically Truthful

[bennyboy]

So my mum has asked on several different occasions usually after trying and failing to set me up if I'm gay. As a bisexual is it lying to say no? My rule is don't tell her if she doesn't ask specifically.

I think it's lying, because you're mom is obviously trying to find out if you're a Christian "defective," and you obviously are (talking from that perspective, here, not mine). You are covering the fact that you are by taking her question literally.

That being said, it's not the children's duty to protect the bigoted and small-minded world view of the parents-- even if they've come by it honestly. I recommend lying as a way to avoid a confrontation that you can't possibly win. I don't know if you are male or female, if you have any opposite-gendered friends who are willing to play along, you might even want to play pretend for a while-- drama it up as much as you can.