#AskAmy

It's not the first time Dickinson’s column has gone viral. Back in November, a father wrote explaining that his 17-year-old son was gay and that he was concerned about how his church friends would react. The father wrote, “He won’t listen to reason, and he will not stop being gay. I feel as if he is doing this just to get back at me for forgetting his birthday for the past three years — I have a busy work schedule. Please help him make the right choice in life by not being gay. He won’t listen to me, so maybe he will listen to you.”


Dickinson’s response: "You could teach your son an important lesson by changing your own sexuality to show him how easy it is. Try it for the next year or so: Stop being a heterosexual to demonstrate to your son that a person’s sexuality is a matter of choice — to be dictated by one’s parents, the parents’ church and social pressure.”

Simply amazing. I have a new found respect for advice columnists. Go Amy!