Gd forbid this would happen to anyone but....

[Dr. Dan]

Give reasons for your choice.  I also want to know what people of different religions and denominations thing especially fellow religious Jews.

[mord]

I would like to vote more then once

[Dr. Dan]

My friend, this would be too easy a poll if you can pick all of the above.  But you can change your vote if you needed to

Right i'm just thinking why I chose a certain answer and I still can't justify why my answer is worse than the other ones.

[Dr. Dan]

Ok I chose, if my son or daughter, GD forbid, married someone of opposite sex but different religion..subject to change vote

this is why:

1. Gay couples can't make children. So no one innocent gets hurt.
2. Same religion couples that have bad marriages will get divorced but will have kids. All though the divorce will trouble the children, it too, becomes their strength to overcome later.


However, in a marriage with two different religions, the child born to the couple will have a confused soul...I think the the other two choices are the lesser of two evils to what can happen to children born to the couple...

[Allen-T]

I wouldn't disown my kid. I've made enough mistakes already.

[mord]

O.K i could'nt stand having a gay kid

[Allen-T]

My son is as not-gay as possible. Thank God. He's been chatting up the ladies since he was 4!!

[mord]

 

[Sarah]

My son is as not-gay as possible. Thank G-d. He's been chatting up the ladies since he was 4!!

Thats funny

[Allen-T]

My son is as not-gay as possible. Thank G-d. He's been chatting up the ladies since he was 4!!

Thats funny

yes, it was a bit embarassing when I'd take him in a supermarket and a sexy woman would walk by and he'd be like "oh wow, man...hey baby". But the ladies always loved it coming from a 4 year old!!

[Allen-T]

My son is as not-gay as possible. Thank G-d. He's been chatting up the ladies since he was 4!!

Thats funny

yes, it was a bit embarassing when I'd take him in a supermarket and a sexy woman would walk by and he'd be like "oh wow, man...hey baby". But the ladies always loved it coming from a 4 year old!!

That's funny.  Like father like son. 

Not at all. I have been involved with girls since I was 14, generally for a few years with one woman, then another. And I generally would fixate on one woman and go all out to win her over. My son is of the hit on every thing that wiggles mentality. I once went to visit him last year and there were 3 girls with him on the porch. I asked his mom about this and found out 7 just left. I constantly tell him I will kill him if he starts fornicating and so far I think he hasn't. He has had a positive attitude about women pounded into his head all along and I think that I have convinced him of how selfish, evil and damaging to the woman it is if he starts fornicating. He's a good kid.   

[Ehud]

I wouldn't disown my son/daughter if they decided to marry someone of a different faith.  I would rather attempt to convince the non-Jewish spouse to convert, especially if the non-Jewish partner is the female.  If my daughter decided to marry a non-Jew, I would convince for a conversion, and if that's not possible I would attempt to persuade them to raise the child Jewish.  After all, the child WOULD be Jewish, and if a daughter can provide you a Jewish grandchild, I don't think it is justified to disown.  If my child decided to be in a homosexual relationship, I would try to convince him to attempt to be straight.  I believe homosexuality to be a natural inclination, and even though it is wrong and disgusting, I would never punish my child for something he was born with.  I think I could live with my child's decision to marry an evil human being, but I would definitely distance myself from him/her and try to become as active in the child's life as possible.  I would consider disowning my child if they married an extremely evil person, but that person would have to act on that and do horrible things to warrant that.  So in certain situations I would think that a horrible, evil spouse would warrant disowning, but I chose the last option because the horrible evil one is somewhat unclear and left open to interpretation.  There are some situations that I believe would warrant disowning:

1)The child becomes a self-loathing Jew, Nazi, anti-semite, or Muslim.
2) The child decided to marry a Muslim and raise his child in the Islamic faith.


 

[mord]

I believe homosexuality to be a natural inclination,

I'll tell you this i never had that inclination

[Ehud]

I believe homosexuality to be a natural inclination,

I'll tell you this i never had that inclination

Well obviously you're not a homosexual then.  Good for you.  I meant that it's a natural inclination for homosexuals, not in general of course.  It is an inclination that can be overcome with enough strength though, like with pedophilia.  I personally know some homosexual Jews who are trying to overcome this inclination, and if you ask any of them whether they were born with homosexuality, they will all tell you yes.

[Daniel]

I wouldn't disown my child based on who he/she would marry. The only situation I would consider disowning my child is if he/she became a crack addict to the point where there is no hope of recovery.

[Bannedfan]

I don't think you should disown your child for any of these reasons. In the parable of the Prodigal Son in Scripture, the father did not disown the prodigal even though he did much worse than all of the above.

[Imerica]

If he/she married someon a of a different relgion, but opposite sex? 
If he/she were to decide to be in a relationship with somone of the same religion but same sex? 
He/she marry someone of the same religion but that person is an evil terrible human being?

I chose that I wouldn't disown my children at all in any case. . If any of my daughters married someone who was evil to them, no matter what religion they followed I'd be there for them no matter what. Its the evil, terrible person I'd be against.

If either of my daughters married someone of the same sex I'd still be a supportive mom and wouldn't disown them. That doesn't make any sense to me.


And if they decided to marry someone of a different religion, I'd be for it also.  Nothing is worth me losing touch with my girls.