Oprah blames same-sex tendencies on divorce

A post from Jessie:

I generally love Oprah and found myself tearful while watching most of her guests on yesterday's show, but for different reasons.

I felt the pain of all the children who had experienced some rough family issues, but was crying out of frustration and anger regarding the third guest, a young woman who came out to her parents about "hanging out with a girl," implying a romantic interest.

The way this was handled was shocking. Though it seemed the guest wanted to tell her parents about her self-blame in her parents' divorce, her purposeful acting out, and her consequential miscarriage, her "feelings session" with her parents rapidly turned into a sex-confession. Further and worse, the overarching message with this particular guest was, "If you don't talk to your kids about your divorce, they're going to turn gay/lesbian." And, as we know, being queer is almost always condemned as bad and wrong.

The expert and Oprah ensured the guest that she was not to blame, which simultaneously implies that even the inkling of interest in someone of the same sex entails or should entail blame.

This is both ridiculous and shameful. And, frankly, I'm surprised that the expert and Oprah were not more sensitive to this issue, as they should have been and must be in the future.