I'd heard of this woman before, but OneNewsNow has a feature today on Dawn Stefanowicz who grew up with a homosexual father.
Her story is especially relevant in our modern times when there is talk of homosexual "marriage" and adoptions actually taking place.
The author and speaker says it was a painful and also "healing" process to write down every detail she could remember of being raised by a father who welcomed numerous male sex partners into the family's home on a regular basis. Stefanowicz says her father's destructive homosexual behavior created sexuality confusion in her life. In the book, she chronicles how, as a young girl, she often wished she were a boy.
"It's a very difficult thing to describe," she shares. "You doubt your own sexuality because you're looking at your parent's example. And for me, when I looked at my father I did not feel affirmed as a young girl growing up, nor as a woman. My own femininity was denied in that kind of situation. Women were not valued."
Stefanowicz says she wrote the book with the knowledge that other children in homosexual homes would also come forward to "find truth and their own healing."
"Children are impacted long-term in homosexual environments -- not just while they're growing up, but throughout their adulthood," says the author. "Children [of homosexuals] who have been in touch with me, even into their fifties and sixties, still describe certain difficulties that they are facing long-term."
Stefanowicz says it was her faith in Jesus Christ that enabled her to face her traumatic past and forgive her father, who died of AIDS in 1991.
Children deserve better than to be subjected to the hurt and confusion of this kind of environment. Just a few decades ago, we would have understood that this is not a healthy environment for child, and never would have allowed this in the United States. Now...thousands of children are in jeopardy because of our commitment to the doctrine of political correctness.
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Vast numbers of "traditional" families suffer because of sexual abuse and compulsive, destructive behaviors. Heterosexuality is the cause, obviously. Traditional marriage should therefore be banned.
Nice try, Brett. However, you overlooked one tiny detail: heterosexuality is natural, homosexuality is not. If you disagree, consider this: homosexuals can't reproduce.
Homosexuals have a far greater rate of health problems due to what they, including a higher rate of anxiety, depression, substance abuse and suicide. Kids are already at a high enough risk of this environment from heterosexuals; we don't need to throw them from the frying pan into the fire.
I'd encourage you to read Dawn's story for more on why children shouldn't be subjected to this environment: http://www.dawnstefanowicz.com/dawntest.htm
sorry to you bob,
but you failed to mention that many of those studies said that the reason why gays are having these problems was because of the effects of a homophobic society.
one more thing - i failed to mention that some of the studies you made reference to NEVER EVEN LOOKED AT CHILDREN IN GAY HOMES. Childen in the homes wasn't even a dynamic in the studies' charateristics. I know you probably won't post these two entries, but i am just letting YOU know this information.
So you figure Dawn is just making it up, BlackTsunami?
I suppose that's easier than believing that the high turnover of sexual partners, the higher rate of drug and alcohol abuse, the higher rate of domestic violence, and the higher rate of disease are the consequences of living a lifestyle that's morally and naturally unsound.
You're probably right: when people live in most other dangerous and chaotic lifestyles (like drunks, drug addicts, gambling addicts, etc.), it's usually someone elses fault when they suffer.
As for the studies you say "NEVER EVEN LOOKED AT CHILDREN IN GAY HOMES"...you must be pretty good, BlackTsunami, to know that about these studies when I didn't even cite any studies.
I suppose that's the default answer for any study that interferes with guilt-free homosexual living. Don't need to know any specifics; just whip out the stock answer that the study is wrong.
Convenient, but harmful.
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