I've only discussed this with my husband and am genuinely keen to hear what you would do or indeed have done in my position. Will try and keep it short. Met a fellow Mum and we hit it off, had similar ideas on raising our children and always managed to have a laugh together. She is a strict Catholic, I was raised Church of England, went to a Catholic school so would consider myself Christian if pushed on the subject, but it's not something I think about day to day.
Anyway, I was around at her place one day and she got on to the subject of homosexuality...well, fire and brimstone!! I got the full sermon, it's immoral, the bible says its wrong, homosexuals should deny their feelings and not act on their sexuality, and so on it went, on and on... it was all a bit awkward, however I wasn't about to sit in silence, I had to stand my ground. For a start my Uncle is gay and I've known this from about the age of 7 or 8, my Uncle lived with his boyfriend and all of us kids called them Uncle and Uncle, our parents never made an issue of it and so it never was an issue, none of us really thought twice about it, we just loved the fact that they took us driving in their camper van and had a really house! And that was easily over 30 years ago! I have gay friends and colleagues, as I'm sure most of us do, and I just don't think anything of it. I mentioned a friend of mine who has adopted a little boy with his partner and she said that shouldn't be allowed, it's wrong, etc etc. They're easily two of the best parents I know and I often ask him for advice on parenting, the thought that if she had her way their little boy might still be in foster care....well, what can I say. I also have a friend who's father is gay, it was the 70's and he repressed his sexuality, married and had a family. However as time went on her parents couldn't keep up the charade, the truth is now out and the effect on my friend and her brother has been devastating. Do we go back to those days?
We agreed to disagree and moved on to dining room furniture or a more neutral subject! My husband said the other week that I hadn't seen this woman for a while and I told him I just didn't know how I could continue the friendship, can you be friends with someone with such opposing views to you? I don't know. Interested to hear your thoughts, would I be unreasonable to let this friendship die out?