tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-314457289305223264.post4299653561067883987..comments2024-02-25T15:20:47.463-08:00Comments on Maybe it's just me...: WATCH: Hate Rally for The Boy Scouts Wonder Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16723949771552274515noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-314457289305223264.post-66298361593601909572013-02-17T21:38:33.159-08:002013-02-17T21:38:33.159-08:00Mary Griffith: Homosexuality is a sin. Homosexuals... <br /><br />Mary Griffith: Homosexuality is a sin. Homosexuals are doomed to<br /> spend eternity in hell. If they wanted to change, they could be<br /> healed of their evil ways. If they would turn away from temptation,<br /> they could be normal again if only they would try and try harder if<br /> it doesnt work. These are all the things I said to my son Bobby<br /> when I found out he was gay. When he told me he was homosexual my<br /> world fell apart. I did everything I could to cure him of his<br /> sickness. Eight months ago my son jumped off a bridge and killed<br /> himself. I deeply regret my lack of knowledge about gay and lesbian<br /> people. I see that everything I was taught and told was bigotry and<br /> de-humanizing slander. If I had investigated beyond what I was<br /> told, if I had just listened to my son when he poured his heart out<br /> to me I would not be standing here today with you filled with<br /> regret. I believe that God was pleased with Bobbys kind and loving<br /> spirit. In Gods eyes kindness and love are what its all about. I<br /> didnt know that each time I echoed eternal damnation for gay<br /> people each time I referred to Bobby as sick and perverted and a<br /> danger to our children. His self esteem and sense of worth were<br /> being destroyed. And finally his spirit broke beyond repair. It was<br /> not Gods will that Bobby climbed over the side of a freeway<br /> overpass and jumped directly into the path of an eighteen-wheel<br /> truck which killed him instantly. Bobbys death was the direct<br /> result of his parents ignorance and fear of the word gay. He<br /> wanted to be a writer. His hopes and dreams should not have been<br /> taken from him but they were. There are children, like Bobby,<br /> sitting in your congregations. Unknown to you they will be<br /> listening as you echo "amen" and that will soon silence their<br /> prayers. Their prayers to God for understanding and acceptance and<br /> for your love but your hatred and fear and ignorance of the word<br /> gay, will silence those prayers. So, before you echo "amen" in your<br /> home and place of worship. Think. Think and remember a child is<br /> listening.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com