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One side of my family is very conservatively religious. They range from seriously hard-core to slightly less serious ... see where I'm going with this?
I've suspected one of my cousins from that side of the family is gay for a few years now. I've been so worried about him ... we're not close, so I just kind of worried from afar. I couldn't imagine what he must have been feeling, being gay and knowing that his parents were SO conservative. He's really close to our grandparents, too, and they already call him homophobic names. I really wanted to find a way to let him know that I love and support him, but couldn't come up with one.
I saw him this past weekend, and found an opportunity to casually ask him about his orientation. He laughed, told me he was gay and said he's been out for three years! He told his parents, they've met his boyfriend, and he said they are trying to be OK with it. The fact that he'd feel comfortable enough to spend a holiday with his BF and his family tells me SO MUCH about the situation.
He said he just didn't want to make his coming out a big dramatic thing by calling every member of the family and making a huge announcement. He decided to just live his life in the open without drawing a whole lot of attention to it.
Every time I think of it, I get a big grin on my face. I'm so happy for him! He seems really happy, secure, compassionate and loving. I was glad to reconnect with him and I will get to meet his BF this summer at my sister's wedding!
Don't you love when situations work out better than you could imagine? I mean, this doesn't even cover the newfound respect I have for my own family, to get hit with something as far away from their own beliefs as you can get, but to move past it and love the person like always.
Yay!
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That's wonderful that it worked out so smoothly. Luckily not all Christians (or religious people) are homophobic. We are Christian and our neighbors and close family friends are a gay. I actually know many people who believe in God that either are gay or are not homophobic.
Amen to that. I didn't mean to imply that all Christians are homophobic. Certainly not! Unfortunately, it just seems to work out that most homophobes think they're Christians.