Protecting Our Children
Protecting Children in a Gender Confused Society
By JoAnn Hamilton
September 24, 2007
I have hesitated to write about this subject, but I feel that perhaps as parents you may not have enough information to deal in positive ways with the barrage of pro-homosexual information that your children are being exposed to in a variety of forms. I feel strongly that in your homes there is a need to teach the content of this article.
First, I quote Floyd Godfrey from Family Strategies, Mesa, Arizona, in The Family Times, official newsletter of United Families International (Summer 2007). He states: “Let me first assure you that an attraction to the same sex is a condition, not a state of being. In other words, it is something your child (may be) ‘feeling.' But it is not who they are. Sexual orientation is changeable. One of the greatest myths ever developed in our society is that sexual orientation is genetically determined. This belief has grown to monumental proportions. In the times of Columbus, it was believed that the world was flat. In our day, society believes you are ‘born gay.' If you need scientific support of this opinion, please go to the National Association of Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH). They have a wonderful library of resources and information.” Also see www.unitedfamilies.org/Soelberg-SSA.asp .
Godfrey goes on to say that the homosexual condition really has nothing to do with sex. “The feelings are symptoms of underlying emotional wounds and deficits. These emotional issues become strong enough to draw sexuality in them. When these issues are identified and resolved, the same-sex attraction diminishes and gives room for the development of opposite-sex attraction.”
Godfrey says that there are many good books to help you understand what is happening if you are working with this problem. He points out that being “horrified” if you have a problem in your family is not the answer, but communication and love will help, along with a therapist who understands this problem. He warns that many generally licensed counselors have never been trained concerning this condition and that most colleges brush over it and give it the genetic label. He tells us that “no one chooses to have homosexual feelings. As stated above, they are a result of emotional wounds and deficits. You can't ‘choose' to stop the feelings, but you can ‘choose' to get help. Real change can occur through education, love and support of family and friends and professional intervention.” Other possible sources of this problem might be that homosexual behavior is purposefully taught or it might result from sexual abuse, curiosity, experimentation, etc.
There is a problem I need to address: As parents we need to teach kind behavior and tolerance toward homosexuals as people just as we can and should love people of other religious denominations, cultures, etc., even though we may not embrace their beliefs.
Concerned Women of America (CWA) posted an article that I recommend, “A Culture & Family Institute Special Report,” Friday, August 17, 2007 . It points out that our children might absorb information at school or elsewhere that to be a “good” person they must accept the homosexual lifestyle, bisexuality and gender changes. Our children could get this information from the newspaper, television, a book they read, the Internet or a friend. Homosexual sites could actually convince many young men that they are homosexual when in reality they are not. If your child has never heard an opposing opinion to the teachings of the world, it would be easy for him to believe what he hears. And where can he hear an opposing opinion? In today's world, only from his parents. (Note again that we are not talking about the person involved, but the belief in the lifestyle.)
The level of brainwashing of young people today is astounding, according to CWA. “They are trained to uncritically accept that a certain population segment will inevitably be gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered. They hear over and over that any opposition to the practice of homosexuality arises only out of hate and ignorance. This propaganda is thorough and frightening because it envelops otherwise keen young minds.”
Our responsibility as parents is to teach them truth.
For information on how to protect your children see www.strengthenthefamily.net
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