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Old 12-06-2008, 01:18 PM   #88
DanaC
We have to go back, Kate!
 
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Also, as Merc said, regardless of the rights and wrongs of their particular viewpoint/belief system, those parents may well feel hurt by such revelations. For the gay son or daughter, then, it may feel like protecting the parents from 'harmful' or distressing knoweldge, as well as protecting themselves from potential rejection.
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