Our family has shown a strength and closeness that I would have never dreamed possible. Having known many families where this is not the case, we feel particularly blessed. We are truly grateful to our children and their spouses for their love, support, and courage. Our love for Craig led to a family commitment to do all we can to help people understand more about same-sex orientation. Not only do we share the scientific research that is coming forth, we also try to help people realize how much discrimination hurts, not only the homosexual person, but his family and friends as well.
Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
We share his view and have made a conscious decision, with Craig's approval, to be open and public about his sexual orientation. In September of 1993, Gary and I attended a Family Fellowship retreat. We met other LDS parents like us who also have homosexual children. We learned that they felt as we do, that homosexual orientation is not a choice, and that our gay children among the most kind, talented, and intellectual people in the world. These other parents also wanted to do something to make a world a safer, more understanding place for our children to live in.