Last Tuesday a 20 year old college student posted a secretly recorded video of his coming out to Christian conservative parents. What the video captured was not pretty and underscores my belief that raising gay children in conservative Christian homes is tantamount to child abuse. Thankfully, the video has gone viral and is helping to expose the true ugliness of many "godly Christian" parents. It also underscores the conscious embrace of ignorance by such parents who reject all modern medical/mental health knowledge and insist that being gay is a "choice." As is all too typical, the outcome is that the young man is thrown out of his home and verbal and physical abuse. Fortunately, an online fund has been established which will help support this victim of "Christian love" now that he is homeless and cut off from family. The New Civil Rights Movement looks at this story. Here are some highlights:
Daniel Ashley Pierce from Georgia posted a video to his Facebook page Tuesday. That video, which was later posted to Reddit and YouTube, has gone viral, with almost 850,000 views in just two days. It depicts his family's response to him coming out. In the video, Daniel's mother says she knew since he was "a tiny little boy" that he is gay, but she also say that he has "made a choice" to be gay.So there you have it. The true face of religion, a pervasive force for evil in the world. For those who have not seen it, here's the video:
Daniel's boyfriend set up a GoFundMe page to help Daniel with living expenses. The New Civil Rights Movement has been told by a person in touch with Daniel that he is safe, living with a trusted relative, and he's "overwhelmed" by all that's happened.
The video begins with a woman, possibly Daniel's mother, saying, "Daniel, I want to tell you before I say anything else, that I love you."
"You can deny it all you want to," the woman continues, "but I believe in the word of God, and God creates nobody that way," Daniel's mother tells him. "It's a path that you have chosen to choose."
Daniel, who is 20, talks about his biology and psychology classes. He tells his family he believes that "scientific proof trumps the word of God."
"You go by all the scientific stuff you want to," she responds. "I'm going by the word of God."
The woman then says, "we will not support you any longer." "You will need to move out, and find wherever you can to live," she adds. "Because I will not let people believe that I condone what you do."
As the exchange heats up, there sounds like a slap, the camera is jarred, and Daniel says, "You're not going to fucking hit me." Someone else says, "Son of a bitch," and it sounds like a physical altercation is underway. Daniel is called "a damn queer," "a disgrace," and "a little piece of shit." Someone, likely a woman, says, "I'll beat you..."
In the end, the family disowns Daniel, some members appear to get physically, emotionally, and verbally abusive, and they hide behind their Bible.
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