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Hate Those Who Hate You

10/5/2013

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A letter has recently gone viral on the Internet. I saw it on Yahoo! News first. In essence, it is a letter from a Dad disowning  his daughter  for kicking out her homosexual son.

This letter is receiving praise in nearly all the articles I’ve read. This morning I also saw George Takei  (yes, I follow him on Facebook) had posted the letter and wrote “This grandfather is amazing.”

Here is the entire text of the letter:

Dear Christine,

I’m disappointed in you as a daughter. You’re correct that we have a “shame in the family”, but mistaken about what it is. Kicking Chad out of your home simply because he told you he was gay is the real “abomination” here. A parent disowning her child is what goes “against nature.” The only intelligent thing I heard you saying in all this was that “you didn’t raise your son to be gay." Of course you didn’t. He was born this way and didn’t choose it any more than he being left-handed. You however, have made a choice of being hurtful, narrow-minded and backward. So, while we are in the business of disowning our children, I think I’ll take this moment to say goodbye to you. I now have a fabulous (as the gays put it) grandson to raise, and I don’t have time for heart-less B-word of a daughter. If you find your heart, give us a call. – Dad.


I think the wide-spread praise of this letter reveals the culture’s current philosophy: “Hate those who hate.”

Now, what the mom did was wrong. If this letter is accurately portraying what happened, this mom hated her son… and that’s wrong.

But then the grandfather turns around and pours hate on his daughter for her hate. He criticizes his daughter for disowning her son, then turns around and disowns her . This is also wrong.

The current philosophy of our culture is “hate those who hate.”

But Jesus said “You have heard that it was said, Love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you” (Matthew 5:43-44 HCSB).  

This letter breaks my heart. It breaks my heart that a mother would disown her son. It breaks my heart that a grandfather would return hate with hate. It breaks my heart that so many people praise returning hate with hate.

We all need to be transformed by the gospel of Jesus Christ . . . so that we can return hate with love. Love for this mom. Love for her son. Love for this grandfather. And love for a people who celebrate the things that should break their hearts.
6 Comments
Frank Lozano link
10/5/2013 10:01:40 am

Nathan, I think that the BIBLICAL view is the BEST VIEW. I'm so glad that is what you are teaching us here. I appreciate you for sharing your thoughts on this. Love you man!

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Nathan J. Norman link
10/6/2013 12:15:27 pm

Amen Frank! Thank you for your encouragment and continued friendship. I've no doubt God is using you and all your wonderful gifts everywhere you go! I love and miss you too brother!

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david bartosik link
10/5/2013 12:02:37 pm

intense man and yeah....just pulling what his daughter did instead of showing love and accepting her ---- stupid. on another note good to see you're doing well nathan! Keep rocking it and if you ever are back in so cal I would love to check in and catch up on life and ministry-

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Nathan J. Norman link
10/6/2013 12:42:15 pm

Hi David! Thank you! If I ever make it back out there I most certainly will drop you a line!

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Karin Graham
10/6/2013 04:42:22 pm

Very well said Nathan!!

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Nathan J Norman link
10/7/2013 12:53:41 am

Thank you Karin!!!!

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