(-- "Hope... How Our Family Has Progressed"... CONTINUED --)

We were allowed to see that our love was purest when we released Adam to be who he was meant to be. Through our son, we were awakened to the fact that a change must take place in our hearts if we were to be made whole. For wholeness would come from our acceptance of Adam, not our judgment.

There is a common saying among gays and lesbians, "When you finally come out of the closet, you usually pass your parents going in." Patti and I understand that statement because we took far more room in that closet than Adam ever did. We suffered alone far longer than we should have. But that is in the past.

We will no longer be quiet and timid about our son's orientation. We refuse to cower down before the negative voices that spread misinformation and hate about gays and lesbians. We are here to help spread the word that all people are worthy of love and acceptance.

Patti and I discovered that nothing is more fearful than having a secret that must be kept at all costs. We also discovered that nothing removed that fear more than turning our secret into a personal statement of human dignity.

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