It's aggravating, I'm not religious but still, i can see how wrong this is.

Someone please explain to me why the westboro baptist church would protest a memorial service for the victims of aurora, colorado. They help signs that read "God bless the shooter". What did these people do to deserve this treatment. A 6 year old girl died in the shooting, is this a good thing too?

In my opinion the church is getting out of control with their protests. I don't understand why they would protest military services or a memorial for victims of a mass shooting.

I feel that this is close to the "should i read my child's journal/diary" question...

If your child has given reason for you to read it then by all means, but if they haven't and you do it anyways, that teaches your children to not trust the people they should trust.

My mom always lived by her own motto "why should my kids trust me if I don't at least try to trust them", mind you that doesn't mean she never snooped, but only if she was truly worried for my safety.

Respect is earned not just given, you want your child's respect, give them a reason to respect you. I respect my mom and will do anything in my ability to never earn her disrespect or disappointment.

There needs to be a healthy, trusting relationship if you wish to have a good relationship with your child, or you can snoop, and read everything you like, and your child will start hiding things elsewhere, or sending texts and deleting them right away so that you can't read them.

As I see it, if you want to be with one person but have an open marriage so you can be with other people as well don't bother getting into a committed relationship of any type. They usually end badly

As far as I am concerned, if you feel the need to date someone else, maybe you should take a good look at your marriage. i would never agree to an open relationship, when I finally get married, my spouse is with me not other people.

I can think of a few that should be cancelled but i'll be nice lol

fave all time pokemon is Squirtle but I do have faves of each type.

I found mine, i could spend the rest of my life with him and never be unhappy.

He's basically asking why someone will wait for someone else to make the first move in a relationship

ya know, with topics like these and the facts they provide, if my boyfriend ever leaves me I think I'll stay single lol.

I was told to do what made me happy, i am not into christianity so i'm not conditioned to do anything. My dad cheated on my mom for 11 years and I vowed to never do it to my partner and if my partner does it, he's out. I am not going to end up in a relationship like that.

I'm going to buy rings soon for my partner and I, when I put the ring on his finger I am going to ask him if he is sure that this is what he wants. I plan to marry him because I love him and want to spend my life with him, but if it isn't what he wants he needs to tell me since I will not tolerate cheating.

I grew up in a single parent home, my real father was pretty much a sperm donor, he split as soon as he found out my mom was pregnant...I grew up with male role models, usually my moms boyfriend....even with all the male bonding and teaching me alot of male things...im still gay. My dad (her boyfriend that raised me) and my step dad (her current boyfriend) are very proud of me. I did not do what others wanted me to do, I will not just marry a woman and have kids just to make others happy. I am my own person, as long as he knows he is loved and knows he can be himself and not lose everything he holds dear, I am positive your son will turn out fine.

And yes you need a man to make a baby but you dont need one to raise a child

Everyone has given great advice, but in the end only you can really know what to do. Love him as he is and cherish that, be thankful that you have a son willing to be himself and not do only what other people make him do, cuz in the long run your family's happiness is at stake.

A good movie for this type of this is Doing Time on Maple Drive, great movie....

Gonna be tough to help other countries when they haven't even gotten our own country to agree on gay rights itself.

I will stay a guy, I have never felt a desire to be something I am not.

I'd be asking why can't I have those parents....

I never got rewarded for getting good grades, I just wanted good grades. My mom never rewarded one without some type for all 3. There were no rewards for good deeds or behavior. There were consequences for bad behavior, usually something taken away from us. However reward and punishment are not the same thing.

Unconditional love is just that. You love the person as they are, not as someone says they should be. I am gay, my mom is christian as is my sister, neither of them try to change me. neither of them tries to convince me to be "straight" or to keep it in the closet.

as my mom put it: "You are first and foremost, my child. I will love you no matter your sexual preferences or any mistakes you might make. I will always be here for you when you need me."

For me that is uncondtional love, loving someone regardless of flaws, mistakes, preferences or who they are as a person.

That is true, but at the same time, animals don't go around with their human proclaiming to all other animals that if they don't live their life a certain way their human is going to destry them, or send them to live in a lifetime of hell.

Animals don't know racism, they don't know hatred or prejudice. They only know instinct and love and in some cases fear.

For as long as i can remember, christianity has disliked something. never satisfied with how things are. When they finish attacking one thing they dislike they move on to the next. It's kinda funny when you think about it, christianity was persecuted when it started, it became a huge religion....and now who is doing the persecuting?

I can never be a christian as I do not feel the same way about things as they do. I do not believe that being gay is a sin, I do not believe that marriage is a necessity in order to raise a stable family (my mom raised 3 kids just fine without ever getting married). I will never pretend to be something I am not just to make religion happy, I am gay, I am proud to be gay, I am not going to hide it and either abstain from what makes me happy or have a girlfriend and eventually kids just cuz some religion says thats the way it should be.

I live a good life, I don't do anything that could be considered bad. I have a boyfriend whom I love to death. He came into my life when I needed someone. When I die, IF there is a heaven or some god figure (I'm spiritual but not religious)I will answer to him/her, not to some self proclaimed follower that only thinks they know what their deity wants.

Just because it piqued my curiosity, I have read this forum. I will add that animals aren't as unhuman as some might think. Many of them mate for life, certain species of insects such as ants and bees do build colonies and work together to sustain said colony or city as some might view it, but they do it without all the red tape that humans have made. They don't require building permits to build nor do they require an actual marriage in order to produce offspring.
They manage to go with their lives without wars, without hate, without crime, so really who has it better?

Humans or animals?

Thus far i would say the animals have it better, they can exist without religion or government to make their rules.

As far as having meaning in life, why do you have to have meaning? Can't you just live life? I don't need meaning to my life to make my life meaningful. If I have made someone smile, or brightened someones day, or helped someone in a bad situation then I think i have had a good day.

That could be fun to watch, make him squirm a bit.

I've been tempted to break it off but if it really is just his opinion, I can't break it off for that. I'm watching carefully for any sign that something isn't right, but not so carefully that I start to see signs that aren't there.

I wish lol, he only likes girls

Trust is rough, I dont really trust people. When I do finally trust someone, if they break it that trust is gone for good.