Grandmother in Missouri

I have reason to believe that a young man in my family may be gay. (He is 15.) I have been thinking a lot about it lately, and have been wondering if circumcision would cure it. What do you think?

Leslie says...

Your letter was tough. My first instinct was to go up one side of you and down the other for what has got to be the dumbest, most ignorant question I have ever been asked. But my mother taught me to respect my elders, and so I will simply say instead that no, I don't think circumcision prevents homosexuality. Number one, you only suspect your relative is gay. You don't know this is a fact. Number two, if he is, the best thing you can do for him is love and accept him, and pray for him.