Unable to load image

mom purity tests church for heckin valid views on 2SLGBTQIA++ degeneracy and "single parents" aka whores, dissuades son from attending when shocked pikachu they have christian views

https://old.reddit.com/r/Exvangelical/comments/1fkwfka/an_update_about_my_son_wanting_to_go_to_youth/

								

								

An update about my son wanting to go to youth group...

I decided to email the youth pastor before talking to my son. I asked the church's views on LGBTQ rights, single parents, how salvation focused their teachings were, etc.

I got back the attached email.

So I sat my son down and explained that this church would not accept his trans aunt and friends, his queer aunt, me as a single mom who's never been married.

His response was "well that's stupid, now I don't want to go".

People here were right - he was looking for a group to make friends at. We've decided on Scouts (Canada, much more liberal than the US version) and either swimming lessons or karate.

We are going to go to the Unitarian Church and see if he wants to go regularly.

SO RELIEVED. I am so thankful I have an awesome kid.

fricking unitarians lmao

20
Jump in the discussion.

No email address required.

Hey, there's hope. My siblings and I were homeschooled in an evangelical home.
My sister is trans. I'm a single mom with two kids who have different dads. My sibling is non binary. My parents have come to change their views and love and accept us all.
My son was 5 when my sister transitioned, and other than a few awkward kid questions it was just a non issue. My daughter has never known my sister as anything but "aunt".
I hope for your sake that your niblings eventually deconstruct and see you as an awesome aunt who can help them process things.

Good grief talk about going off the rails. Two of your kids :marseytrain: out and the other has two baby daddies :marseyfacepalm: her parents must have done a heck of a job raising raising them

>go to evangelical church

>get polite, nonjudgmental email about their well known beliefs

:#marseypikachu2:

From her previous post she was having panic attacks at the thought of her son joining lmao

I've had several panic attacks over this and am truly stumped. I grew up in that culture and have fought for years to gain some freedom from evangelical beliefs and trauma.

Also

>unitarian

What's even the point? :marseysmug2: maybe she hasn't gotten as much freedom from religion as she might have thought

Jump in the discussion.

No email address required.

Unitarians are just people who want a "feel good" community without any dogmatic strings attached because that can cause negative vibes.

Jump in the discussion.

No email address required.

Link copied to clipboard
Action successful!
Error, please refresh the page and try again.