Phillip
Parker
And it has to end now, not tomorrow, not when
the Evangelicals say so.
I wonder how
they would feel if the gay kids started to bully their supposedly Christian
straight children; how would it feel to wear the shoe on the other foot? Their religious
fanaticism prevents them from seeing this as a problem. Instead, they are
claiming that it is them who are being harassed and discriminated.
Not one bit,
it is the Christianists playing victim, it is their askew view of the world and
their erroneous interpretation of the Scriptures. They are out of step with
society and no matter what your religious beliefs are, discrimination and
bullying should not be part of them.
Look, I’ve
said this a hundred times; I don’t care if you believe in little green unicorns
from Tasmania and you hang from the chandelier to practice your faith, but the
moment you get together with others with the same mind set and begin to make
laws that affect me and others negatively that is when I put my foot down.
You seem to
think that bullying is a normal thing, it is part of your “religious freedom”
and “freedom of speech” but it is not…it is despicable and odious and we are
not going to stand for one more teen suicide.
“Phillip and Gena Parker didn't know
their son Phillip was being bullied at school until, it seems, Saturday or
Sunday. Probably Saturday night. On Friday, they didn't know. That was the day
they found their 14-year-old son's dead body in their house. Phillip Parker was
in 8th grade at Gordonsville High School in Gordonsville, Tennessee and he had
killed himself.”
Very angry and sad over this constant flood. For every one you here about there are half a dozen you don't hear about. All that vitality, all that potential gone, because they didn't feel safe, included, and loved. I don't blame them; I remember how it felt before my attempt. I hope that as the GLBTQ community gains more acceptance and achieves greater amounts of self love, we will find better ways to protect and guide our GLBTQ progeny.
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