What I liked about this book the most is that it wasn't based on the bible. Christians being asked to look at an alternative view.

I by no means suggest that this book answers everything and by reading it you're doubts will disappear.

The main issue I see regarding this book is that the people who need to read it won't. That there is the issue I have.

Being gay doesn't give you two heads nor is it catching.

It was well written but I doubt the target group will read it more likely to ignore it.

While as an LGBTQ ally, this book wasn't written for me, it was extremely helpful to me in understanding the concerns of others on this topic. It also helped give me a way to approach discussion in a helpful way.

I ask to review this book not because I have a child who is gay, but I have children who have gay friends. In fact last Thanksgiving she my daughter brought home a young man who says he is trans-gendered. He was welcome into our home with no problem whatsoever. A far cry from the father who told him not to come home for Thanksgiving.
I was hoping that I could understand the right and wrong things to say. The author does address that, but the politics in it is fairly overwhelming. For about the first quarter of the book she spouts the belief that God made your child that way. If you do not think that God did this then you are basically told how unloving you are. While she does not use the words, she basically is talking about the gay gene theory. It has not been proven either way, but she speaks as if it is the only truth. For a person who preaches that we should not judge, she judges you flat out if you disagree with her.
As a Christian, I also do not care for her bashing the church as a whole. She basically says that there is no church that will affirm your gay child. She late in the book talks about a select few that would be accepting and recommends a web site that you should go to. One of her problems here is she talks about people who have religion and not relationship. The church I go to (one of the megachurches she puts down with not names mentioned) when I told the pastor of the church that my daughter would be bringing a trans-gendered person to church said, great, we will love them like we love everyone else. You see, we preach a love for all in our church. A sin is a sin, and there sin is no worse than mine or yours. What matters is your relationship with God.
I can not recommend this book at all as long as the political baggage is attached to it. If she could have stuck to the ins and outs of loving a child who was gay I would have given it 5 stars. Since she got political about things I could only give it three. I also recommend that the author not judge others, just like she talks about in the book.