Day to Day happenings in my life

Same sex marriage

PROMPT July 21st

Your son(daughter) just gave you the surprise of your life when they brought their same-sex significant other home to meet you.
What is your reaction? Are you shocked, pleased, in denial?
How would you handle this?

I wouldn't say I would be completely happy for them. I think their lives will be just a little harder than it needs to be.
However saying that, these days same sex marriages are so much more normalised than they used to be. Personally it wouldn't affect me. Everyone deserves to be happy and if having partner of the same sex does it for them so be it.
Even having a child in a same sex partnership is so easy these day. IVF is there for everyone regardless of their status. So that element can be discounted.
Australia was the second country in the world to agree to same sex marriage, but the division in the community that the vote caused was not nice. It brought to the fore the discrimination that still exists and that I would want to protect a child of mine from.