As regular readers know, I hold "godly Christians" who disown their own children for being gay in utter contempt. Such individuals are utterly despicable and underscore the reality that those who profess piety and cling to a few selective Bible passages (passages that originated with ignorant, uneducated authors) are NOT nice people and clearly people worthy of one shred of deference or respect. They are horrible people. The video clip below is of a 20 year who was disowned by his parents who "did not like his lifestyle" who wowed the folks at America's Got Talent. Kudos to Jonathan Allen and shame on his parents who I hope will find themselves met with well deserved ridicule and contempt. When I hear being gay referred to as a lifestyle choice I know that either the party making the statement is (i) an ignorant ass, or (ii) an raging bigot. Being gay is about as much of a lifestyle choice as breathing. Personally, if I was Jonathan, I'd write his folks off, go on to do great things and treat his parents as they treated him. Here's the video:
David Mixner states the matter well on his blog:
In the most moving moment for the LGBT community in the history of America's Got Talent, a young gay youth who appeared last night absolutely had America fall in love with him. The young sweet man was kicked out of his home in Tennessee for being gay. His parents kicked him out of his house on his 18th birthday. Be prepared to be inspired, proud and moved with this Susan Boyle moment!
The boyfriend and I were both verklempt watching the clip As a parent of three children myself, I cannot comprehend how one can consciously decide to embrace ignorance and bigotry and disown one's own child. Perhaps Allen and his parents will reconcile. In my view, they deserve to burn in Hell. By the way, has anyone told them that Adam and Eve never existed? They have disowned their own son why? In sum, religion is a foul, toxic force that produce more ill fruits than positive benefits.
P.S. "Time to Say Goodbye" is one of my favorites and was one of the musical selections at my late mother's memorial service.
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