Author w/ LCSW wrote:

It's not unusual for family members to bury each other for lifestyle choices such as homosexuality or to stop speaking over differences of opinion.

I humbly submit:

I have now reread that fifth paragraph for an eighth time, and I'm sitting here in total disbelief.

Homosexuality is not a lifestyle choice. I understand fully that many people continue to view it as such, but that is no excuse for adding any currency value to that ill-informed, judgmental, and hurtful construct by incorporating it unquestioned and unqualified into any article under the P.T. banner.

Don't know what else to add. I'm simply gobsmacked by this clinically careless use of language.

I think what the author means is deciding to come out. my brother is gay and never said anything and then one day he told me and I praised him for being real finally and then he came out of the closet so to speak....my parents went ballistic. but then that's how my parents are....you have to fit into THEIR "lifestyle" choices, homophobia being one of them. So in other words, deciding to come out of the closet for my brother was making a "lifestyle choice" even though it is biological.

Sounds like Madonna, who won't speak with Martin, Anthony, Paula, Melanie, Mario and Jennifer, has the real problem, not Christopher.

I love how people with absolutely no insight, other than tabloid journalism, into another human being's life, has the right to pass judgement just because they took a couple of psych classes in college (join the club btw). The reason for Madonna's estrangement from her family is simple...it's private.

Madonna holds herself up as a role model for American youth, so I don't think her private life should be private. It is kind of weird that celebrities who make a big deal about how important family is to them, how love transcends national boundaries, how love leads to adopting kids from foreign lands, are blind to their own families. She should be questioned about the contradiction in her life if she's going to make herself into a role model. Why do celebrities like Madonna need the spotlight of parenthood and fear the threat of sharing the spotlight with siblings? It's weird and inconsistent.