This quote comes from our Stained Glass Rainbows interview with John Westcott down in Florida...
"It would have been easier, which is horrible to think, that it would have been easier for me if my father had been dead than to be there, because his silence was more painful than his absence would have been."
- John Westcott
I understand John's comment and feelings. In general, we acknowledge the "absent father" when addressing addictions and alcoholism and other issues we struggle with, yet we are reluctant to acknowledge the role of the father these days when discussing contributing causes of homosexuality. Why is this?
ReplyDeleteI imagine that the short answer to why we are reluctant to acknowledge the role of the father these days is that the argument over homosexuality has shifted away from "nurture" and now points only at "nature"... what I mean by this is that the big push over the last decade or so has focused on people being "born gay". If that is truly the case and people are "born gay" then no amount of parental input would be able to shape them otherwise. If it's all in the genes then an absent father should work just as well as a silent father or an involved father.
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