“We cannot insist only on issues related to abortion, gay marriage and the use of contraceptive methods. The teaching of the church, for that matter, is clear and I am a son of the church, but it is not necessary to talk about these issues all the time.” UseChurchIssuesClearTeachingSonGayMethodRelatedAbortionGay MarriageContraceptives Author:Pope Francis
“No parent should be denied from their Scouting - their son's Scouting experience simply because those parents happen to be gay.” ShouldHappensParentSonGayDeniedScouting Author:Gwen Ifill
“My great blessing is my son, but I have daughters. I have white ones and Black ones and fat ones and thin ones and pretty ones and plain. I have gay ones and straight. I have daughters. I have Asian ones, I have Jewish ones, I have Muslim ones.” BlackWhiteSonGayBlessingDaughterFatsMy SonAsian Author:Maya Angelou
“I got the bad press and the blogging and the email threats because people really didn't understand. They thought I was anti-gay. That's not true at all. My spiritual mom has a gay son. Even he was telling his friends "No, that's not true. She's so accepting of me." That doesn't mean I accept his lifestyle. It means I accept him as a human person and as a creation of God and a person of value.” PeopleHumansMeanPersonsSpiritualValuesAcceptingCreationSonMomGayPressesThreatLifestyleEmailBloggingAnti GayBad PressGay Son Author:Patricia Mauceri
“I think these last 10 years have seen just a huge shift in the psyche of this country as regards gay people. I think AIDS had a lot to do with it. So many families who really believed they'd 'never met one' were suddenly confronted with their sons becoming ill, and friends of sons. I think that brought a lot of it into the open.” PeopleThinkingYearsCountryLastsSonHugeBecomingMetsGayRegardIllAidsGay People Author:Janis Ian
“I have a wife and a son, but the gay rumors have started. I guess it's a sign that I'm moving up the ladder.” MovingWifeSonGayLaddersRumorMoving UpWife And Son Author:Hugh Jackman
“I look at my little ones and I love them so much. I think to myself, "By God, if my son is gay, it's not that he was turned or learned into it. My son, his soul, the way he was born ... this is him.” IfsThinkingWayLooksLittlesSoulBornSonGayMy Son Author:Michael Buble
“I think basically what The American People is about is that we've been here from the very beginning, and that has never ever been acknowledged in the history books. John Winthrop wasn't off the boat ten seconds before he passes a law that homosexuals should be hanged. And then he hung 'em, including an attempt to hang his own son when he found out he was gay.” PeopleThinkingShouldBookLawFoundSonGayTenIncludingBoatEmsSecondsHungHomosexualHistory Books Author:Kevin Sessums
“I'd just rather have a really sharp, interesting, smart gay son than some big dumb hetero meathead.” BigsInterestingSonGaySmartDumbGay SonMeatheads Author:Moby
“I think people feel threatened by homosexuality. The problem isn't about gay people, the problem is about the attitude towards gay people. People think that all gays are Hannibal Lecters. But gay people are sons and daughters, politicians and doctors, American heroes and daughters of American heroes.” PeopleThinkingFeelsProblemMotherAttitudeSonHeroPoliticianGayDaughterDoctorsHomosexualityThreatenedGay PeopleSon And DaughterAmerican Hero Author:Hollis Stacy
“No mother wants to hear her son say he's gay. Those two words rip the picture of a daughter-in-law and grandchildren into pieces. I felt sorry for my mom and wanted her to know everything was going to be all right. But then she said, 'I don't really care, Johnny, as long as I know that you are going to be happy.'” KnowsWantLongSaidTwoCareWantedLawMotherFeltPiecesSonMomGayDaughterSorryMy MomGrandchildrenRipIn-lawsDaughter In Law Author:Johnny Weir
“If my kids came to me and said, 'I'm gay,' I'd say, 'Son, I love you.' That's never at stake. Never, never, never at stake.” IfsSaidKidsLove YouSonGayStakes Author:Kirk Cameron
“Look, Mrs. McGillicuddy, it's not my fault your son jumped out a dorm room window on Christmas eve. I've written over fifty books as a Columbia professor, all right? You don't do that by holding hands with every at-risk undergraduate who says he's homesick, or he's turning gay, or the dog ate his term paper. I write about Lincoln, and freedom, and great ideas. I don't always have time for students. It's like Dean Martin used to say: if you want to talk, go to a priest. Hey -- what's the gun for?” IfsWantWritingLooksBookIdeasHandsUsedTermRoomsWrittenRiskDogStudentsSonGayPaperGunWindowFaultsHeyFiftyPriestsProfessorsGreat IdeaDeanColumbiaHolding HandsYour SonHomesickChristmas EveUndergraduateDormsDorm RoomsTerm Paper Author:Eric Foner
“This week my son thinks he's the Supremes.All of them. So we can scratch "straight"off the list. At least I hope we can. As a gay kid he'll be a natural leader. Put him in a macho bullshit environment and he's going to have a hard time. I don't want that to happen. (Let's also not forget Wei's immortal words to him nine minutes after he was born, when she first stared into those big brown eyes: "Oh, honey. Promose me you'll grow up to like boys. Because I don't want any other woman in your life except me.")” ThinkingWantFirstsHardBigsHappensEyeKidsGrowsBornNaturalForgetLeaderBoysGrowing UpEnvironmentWeekMinutesSonGayListsSupremeNineHard TimesBrownImmortalMy SonHoneyBullshitScratchesMachoLike A BoyBrown Eyes Book:My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, and Fenway Park Source: My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, and Fenway Park
“Now if you're not „hot”, you are expected to work on it until you are. It's like when you renovate a house and you're legally required to leave just one of the original walls standing. If you don't have a good body you have down to a neutral shape, then bolt on some breast implants, replace your teeth, dye you hair, and call yourself the Playmate of the Year. How do we survive this? How do we teach our daughters and our gay sons that they are good enough the way they are? We have to lead by example.” IfsWayYearsEnoughBodyHouseTeachExampleSonHairWallGayShapesDaughterStandingHotOriginalsExpectedTeethJust OneBreastsGood EnoughBoltsOur DaughterImplantsBreast ImplantsGay Son Author:Tina Fey
“He (son Jason) doesn't see me as a (gay) icon, he sees me as his mother who touches his hair too much. No, I love being an icon to anybody. Equal rights, you know?” KnowsMotherLove IsToo MuchRightsSonHairGayEqualEqual RightsIconsJason Author:Barbra Streisand