Follow up about the young gay man form NC whose parents and school kicked him out

[Christa]

Returning the car & my emotional breakdown(s)
by Florida4Obama
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Sun Mar 07, 2010 at 04:30:31 PM PST

If you've been following the story of my nephew and the ordeal that he has been through in the past several days, you know that yesterday we returned the car to his parents. The drive was long, but when we got there the family was civil to me and my friend for the most part. It is clear they are very hurt by their sons sexuality. I had an emotional breakdown of my own.

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* Florida4Obama's diary :: ::


My best friend Dena and I left for North Carolina right around midnight on Saturday morning. We were returning my nephew's car to his parents at their request. I know many here suggested we just leave it somewhere, but we couldn't do that. As far as my sister and her husband knew, we still thought we were picking up some of my nephew's belongings as well. The drive was long, and Dena did most of the drive so I could sleep.

We arrived in less than 11 hours. When I pulled up in front of the house, the circular driveway was full of cars. Upon entering the house, I encountered my despondent sister and her husband. With them were several couples from their church, and a few from their neighborhood. My sister immediately ran to me and hugged me and just burst into tears. She said, "How could this happen to our family?" Several ladies in the room helped me calm her down.

Just by doing a quick look around the first floor of their house, I noticed their oldest son's pictures were nowhere to be found with one exception. His senior picture was sitting on a table by itself with a candle beside it. If I didn't know better, I would've thought he had died in a tragic accident. My sister and her husband are obviously hurt, but their actions were more of grieving for a deceased child as opposed to finding out their child was gay.

Read here:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/7/843901/-Returning-the-carmy-emotional-breakdown%28s%29

[comtec]

1. The actions of this family, his "parents" is unforgivable

he's their SON for god's sake!

A dear friend of mine's mother is very schizophrenic about his sexuality.
she's fine with other people's son's being gay, just not her's!
But she loves and takes care of him (unemployed, on her medical insurance), and that's what's important.

damn the church, damn it to the lowest fucking pit of hell!

[Christa]

3. It is because of situations like these (among a million others)

that I will never stop fighting religion.

It is poison and robs people of their sanity and reason. This young man is being treated like a criminal from those who are supposed to nurture and support him, who are supposed to give him a safe place in this world.

[midnight]

2. K&R.

[chemp]

4. the poor kid

born with monsters for parents.

[gkhouston]

13. He, at least, is physically free of the toxic home environment he grew up in.

His poor brother, on the other hand. :scared:

[alphafemale]

5. kick

[wolfgirl]

6. Let that brave young man

know he is not alone and he has nothing to be ashamed of. His parents & others are the ones to be ashamed and have lost more than they will ever know by treating him this way. If there is a purgatory or a hell, the parents are the ones that will reside there for what they have done.

[damyank913]

7. So much for unconditional love eh?

[Puglover]

8. I love Ghandi's words.

"I like your Christ; I dont like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ."

[Christa]

9. On the contrary, Puglover

They are following their Christ:

Matt.10:37 He that loveth father or mother more than Me, is not worthy of Me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than Me, is not worthy of Me.

Proverbs.17: 9 He that covereth (Ignores, passes over, pretends to not see) a transgression (any evil word or deed) seeketh (for himself) love: but he that repeateth (brings up again and again) a (the same) matter separateth (from his own) very (intimate and longstanding) friends.

Deut.21:18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened (spanked) him, (he still) will not hearken unto them;

19. Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place:
20. And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
21. And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you: and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

Luke.14:26 If any man come to Me, and HATE not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, HE CANNOT BE MY DISCIPLE.

[Puglover]

11. Thanks for all of that.

Actually you could have saved yourself the time and simply posted the link in your sig line. That tells it all.

BTW not a Christian here. However I think we both can agree these people are scum whatever they profess to believe.

[melm00se]

10. one can only hope that the true teachings of

Christ grant them the enlightenment to see their actions for what they are: very very very unchristian

[Jkid]

12. After reading the entire article.

I can tell that his parents were clearly homophobic. They have this mentality of a "Get a female" mentality, praying away the gay, and "male homosexuality is a mental illness". Yeah, I can tolerate that bullshit. But when they take away your stuff (criminal conversion), and treat you as dead because you are unable to have female relationships or fake a female relationship? That is unforgivable.

If for some reason that family dares to contact him, if I was him, I would disown them. If they were true Christians, they should love him unconditionally and support him.

[mkultra]

14. almost makes we want to outloaw christianity!

i hate people like this.

[Initech]

15. This isn't what Jesus would do...... Not by a long shot.

[donheld]

16. The saddest thing is

the fact that this happens far too many times all across this country. Thankfully this young man has a good Aunt he can turn to.