Republic of the Cristo wrote:I never said that I no longer loved them, only disapproved. Such as that when your child did something wrong. I will not violate my personal beliefs for the comforts of others, but I will still show love.
If you're seeing them as wayward children rather than adults (or near adults) with their own thoughts, feelings, confusions, insecurities, and uncertainties, then you're not being a friend. If you're going to disapprove of them based upon an aspect of their nature that they have no way of changing, an aspect that causes harm to no one, then you're part of the problem in their lives.