SSM Plebiscite

[Navy Maven]

I suspect as a teenage boy he isn't yet ready to embrace the idea. At 15 I would not have been either.
If you had asked a 15 year old me, I would have firmly been in the no camp, I know I would.
I think a lot of teenage boys are still 'against' homosexuality no matter what we teach them.
I found homosexuality something strange and not something that I was exposed to at all.

I believe the 'no supporter' as put would likely turn their views around, but I will let him come to the conclusion in his own time.
Of course that wouldn't be the case if he was hateful in his opinion.

As I have said I am happy to let both my children form their opinions (as long as they are also respectful of others) and feel free to talk through them without me picking them apart.

I think a lot of this anti-gay sentiment amongst teenagers comes from a fear of the unknown. They can't relate, or maybe even some do relate but aren't ready to acknowledge those feelings.

Ironically as a teenager I was bullied more for being gay before I came out than after I did. For most of my schooling years I'd have kids yelling out things from classrooms and it made me hate the person I was or was becoming. Funnily enough though, after I got past that and came out at 17, it was a lot of those same guys who were calling me a 'dyke' etc that were then asking me questions about being gay. Once I explained to them how I was feeling and how it didn't make me fundamentally different to anyone else, the bullying stopped. I had allies in places I never expected to find them.

I think with young people an honest education is the best policy. Let them ask the questions they need to ask, even if they seem 'politically incorrect'. Don't force them to see things one way, encourage them to look at something from all angles. The world could use a little more empathy in all regards.