Every teen suicide is hard to take. Each time I write about another one, it takes another piece of my own soul. And, there are some that I take very, very hard. Jamie Hubley, for example, hit me like the ton of bricks. To be sure, it was his suicide in October that led me to embark upon this campaign to make a change. Kenny Wolf's recent suicide hit me as hard, if not harder. He was right here in my back yard, right there from my old neighborhood. I know it's counterproductive to blame myself at all, but I can't help but wonder...with me doing this right here in Maryland, why wasn't this blog or the facebook blog page reaching him? And, if it was, what could I have done differently with it to prevent this from happening?
Second-guessing aside, I have some vital updates about Kenny. Firstly, all reports of age were wrong: Kenny wasn't 17, as originally reported, nor even 16 as it was later reported. Kenny was just 14 years old. Secondly, his event wasn't Thursday, the 5th. It happened Friday, the 6th. Thirdly, I have a link for those who would like to leave their personal condolences for the family and friends. It goes without saying that this is an extraordinarily tough period for Kenny's family and friends. Indeed, for the entire community. Letting them know that there are those of us around the world who are mourning Kenny right along with them will, I'm sure, help with their healing process.
Lastly, I can't stress enough that if you or someone you know is struggling with depression, or any mental issues, bullying, and/or suicidal ideations, please, please, please reach out!! There are many people, professional and non-professional alike, ready to reach back.
Suicide Support
STOP Teenage Suicide
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Befrienders
With this tragic event being right here in my backyard, I'm redoubling my efforts to reach out and bring this epidemic to an abrupt end. Sadly, of course, it's not going to bring Kenny back. Or, any of the other teens who ended their lives far too soon. But, it will, hopefully, prevent another family from having to go through what Kenny's is going through right now. That's my promise.
Monday, April 9, 2012
Reaching Out: Let John Tillman Know He's Not Alone
This video was posted on the wall in Brett's community. He sent me a message asking if I'd watched it yet, that it was really sad. I assured him that my "really sad" cup was on overflow for the moment, that I would check it out "tomorrow". Then, of course, I thought better and watched it right then. He was right. It's sad. It's heartbreaking. It's maddening.
John Tillman is an openly gay 17-year-old. The video, done in "written message" style a la Jonah Mowry from December, tells of his being constantly bullied and recently jumped all because of his sexual orientation. He's scared. He's confused. It's sad that he's having to go through this type of torture just because of who he is.
It's really heartbreaking that LGBT teens today still have to endure such excruciating pain at the hands of their unaccepting, intolerant peers. It's more than heartbreaking: it's alarming that so many LGBT teens are routinely pushed to the brink, to a point where they feel the only way out is to harm themselves. And, it's heartbreaking because all these young people want is the same opportunity as their straight peers to just be happy teens, to just be able to be themselves without having to worry about being constantly attacked, verbally, emotionally, and, in cases like John's physically. Straight or LGBT, the teen years can be tumultuous enough without the presentiment of being attacked simply because you exist.
What is maddening about this is that a John Tillman even has to make a videoed cry-for-help at all! Why aren't there more people speaking up and demanding that school officials and administrations take this issue far more seriously and protect all of their students rather than just the ones they choose to protect. Why aren't there more voices screaming at the top of their lungs to the politicians who hate that their politics do not hold more importance than these young people's lives!?
Look, this isn't rocket science. These young people who do the bullying are learning the hatred and intolerance from bigoted, mean-spirited politicians, religious leaders, school officials, and sometimes even parents. They are learning from their cue that treating people who aren't just like them, who don't think like them or act the way they think they should be acting with hostility is acceptable and even expected behavior. They are taking their hatred and bigotry with them to school and passing their lessons learned onto anyone who is perceived to be different, especially LGBT teens. Conversely, there are thousands upon thousands upon thousands of LGBT teens who hear these words of hatred spewed from their mouths and, each time they hear it, they're pushed closer to the brink. Their self-esteem gets shattered by their words. Their sense of self-worth takes another beating each time they hear, or read about, one of these people consumed with fear and intolerance spewing their hate-filled rhetoric.
The only way videos like John Tillman's will stop having the need to be made is for more and more people to start speaking up and letting the world know that this is no longer acceptable behavior. It's not acceptable that so many teens, LGBT and straight, are pressed to a point where they feel that ending their lives is the only way out. It's not going to change or end by itself.
Make sure John Tillman knows that he is not alone and that he is loved. He really needs the reassurance.
John Tillman is an openly gay 17-year-old. The video, done in "written message" style a la Jonah Mowry from December, tells of his being constantly bullied and recently jumped all because of his sexual orientation. He's scared. He's confused. It's sad that he's having to go through this type of torture just because of who he is.
It's really heartbreaking that LGBT teens today still have to endure such excruciating pain at the hands of their unaccepting, intolerant peers. It's more than heartbreaking: it's alarming that so many LGBT teens are routinely pushed to the brink, to a point where they feel the only way out is to harm themselves. And, it's heartbreaking because all these young people want is the same opportunity as their straight peers to just be happy teens, to just be able to be themselves without having to worry about being constantly attacked, verbally, emotionally, and, in cases like John's physically. Straight or LGBT, the teen years can be tumultuous enough without the presentiment of being attacked simply because you exist.
What is maddening about this is that a John Tillman even has to make a videoed cry-for-help at all! Why aren't there more people speaking up and demanding that school officials and administrations take this issue far more seriously and protect all of their students rather than just the ones they choose to protect. Why aren't there more voices screaming at the top of their lungs to the politicians who hate that their politics do not hold more importance than these young people's lives!?
Look, this isn't rocket science. These young people who do the bullying are learning the hatred and intolerance from bigoted, mean-spirited politicians, religious leaders, school officials, and sometimes even parents. They are learning from their cue that treating people who aren't just like them, who don't think like them or act the way they think they should be acting with hostility is acceptable and even expected behavior. They are taking their hatred and bigotry with them to school and passing their lessons learned onto anyone who is perceived to be different, especially LGBT teens. Conversely, there are thousands upon thousands upon thousands of LGBT teens who hear these words of hatred spewed from their mouths and, each time they hear it, they're pushed closer to the brink. Their self-esteem gets shattered by their words. Their sense of self-worth takes another beating each time they hear, or read about, one of these people consumed with fear and intolerance spewing their hate-filled rhetoric.
The only way videos like John Tillman's will stop having the need to be made is for more and more people to start speaking up and letting the world know that this is no longer acceptable behavior. It's not acceptable that so many teens, LGBT and straight, are pressed to a point where they feel that ending their lives is the only way out. It's not going to change or end by itself.
Make sure John Tillman knows that he is not alone and that he is loved. He really needs the reassurance.
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Our Youth Will Lead The Way
It's been a very hard past 24 hours for me. With Kenny Wolf being from Maryland and from my old neighborhood, I've taken his suicide exceptionally hard. I think it peeled the scab off of my own old wound from when I lost my friend so many years ago. If you haven't already, go wrap your cyber arms around his family and friends. They really need it right now. That community is reeling. And, frankly, so am I.
So, what's going to get us out of this bleak period we're in right now? A point-in-time where young people are ending their lives at such an alarming rate, it takes your breath away. A time when young people feel it's okay or acceptable to say and do things to their peers that are just so mean and vile that it pushes kids to take their own lives? A sorrowful time when we have so-called political and religious "leaders" essentially sanctioning hatred and intolerance towards people they've decided are nonfactors? I think the better question is who will lead us out of this madness. The answer really comes as no surprise. It will be the youth of our society.
All around us, young people are stepping up and taking charge of their lives and their future. In so doing, they're paving the way to a brighter future for generations to come. Truth be told, at the end of the day, it will have to be our youth. This is their war. Sure, it's affecting all of us in the process, but so does any war. This one is no different. As with any war, families and friends are the collateral damage, the ones left behind to pick up the shattered pieces as they try to make sense of it all.
The "calvary" is coming. Their young army is growing stronger each day and fighting a fierce battle.
Brett Simpson has taken his own negative experiences with severe bullying because of his sexual orientation and turned them into a positives. He's created a community for all struggling teens, and specifically LGBT struggling teens. He reached out to them, and they have reached back. The community is very interactive. He is well-liked and greatly appreciated by the over 600 (and, growing!) members of his community. That's huge!!! That's 600+ young people caring, sharing, growing and healing together!
Christi O'Connor is spearheading the Monster March Against Bullying that will be held in San Francisco in October. Her goal is to have at least 10,000 teens from around the country, and around the world!, families and friends of victims of bullying and suicide, march to the steps of City Hall in San Francisco to make sure their voices are heard, loudly and definitively, as they deliver the message this must end. The Rodemeyers will be with here. Jonah Mowry and his family will be with here.
The students of Cypress Ranch High School, in Cypress, TX, made this very powerful anti-bullying video to send the message that bullying, in their school, isn't cool. Watch the video. Then, share it.
And, the students of DeLeSalle High School in Minnesota, let their voices be heard in no uncertain fashion this week when a Catholic priest visited their school and, amongst other things, compared homosexuality to bestiality. They sounded rejected his notion that adopted kids or kids from single-parent homes are "socially unstable". Of course, his message was that the only path to "normality" is through so-called traditional marriages, traditional families, Ward and June Cleaver, the whole nine yards. But, the young students didn't buy into it and let him know!!
See!!! The youth of today get it!! And, it will be the youth who will, at the end of the day, turn our culture around. That doesn't mean we, the older generations, back out of the battle by any stretch of the imagination. For me, at least, it means we fight even harder. Ever try standing up for someone who really didn't care if you did or not? I have. These young people are finding their voice, through us perhaps, and they're hitting their stride. Don't worry: when it's time for them to take over, we'll know.
So, what's going to get us out of this bleak period we're in right now? A point-in-time where young people are ending their lives at such an alarming rate, it takes your breath away. A time when young people feel it's okay or acceptable to say and do things to their peers that are just so mean and vile that it pushes kids to take their own lives? A sorrowful time when we have so-called political and religious "leaders" essentially sanctioning hatred and intolerance towards people they've decided are nonfactors? I think the better question is who will lead us out of this madness. The answer really comes as no surprise. It will be the youth of our society.
All around us, young people are stepping up and taking charge of their lives and their future. In so doing, they're paving the way to a brighter future for generations to come. Truth be told, at the end of the day, it will have to be our youth. This is their war. Sure, it's affecting all of us in the process, but so does any war. This one is no different. As with any war, families and friends are the collateral damage, the ones left behind to pick up the shattered pieces as they try to make sense of it all.
The "calvary" is coming. Their young army is growing stronger each day and fighting a fierce battle.
Brett Simpson has taken his own negative experiences with severe bullying because of his sexual orientation and turned them into a positives. He's created a community for all struggling teens, and specifically LGBT struggling teens. He reached out to them, and they have reached back. The community is very interactive. He is well-liked and greatly appreciated by the over 600 (and, growing!) members of his community. That's huge!!! That's 600+ young people caring, sharing, growing and healing together!
Christi O'Connor is spearheading the Monster March Against Bullying that will be held in San Francisco in October. Her goal is to have at least 10,000 teens from around the country, and around the world!, families and friends of victims of bullying and suicide, march to the steps of City Hall in San Francisco to make sure their voices are heard, loudly and definitively, as they deliver the message this must end. The Rodemeyers will be with here. Jonah Mowry and his family will be with here.
The students of Cypress Ranch High School, in Cypress, TX, made this very powerful anti-bullying video to send the message that bullying, in their school, isn't cool. Watch the video. Then, share it.
And, the students of DeLeSalle High School in Minnesota, let their voices be heard in no uncertain fashion this week when a Catholic priest visited their school and, amongst other things, compared homosexuality to bestiality. They sounded rejected his notion that adopted kids or kids from single-parent homes are "socially unstable". Of course, his message was that the only path to "normality" is through so-called traditional marriages, traditional families, Ward and June Cleaver, the whole nine yards. But, the young students didn't buy into it and let him know!!
See!!! The youth of today get it!! And, it will be the youth who will, at the end of the day, turn our culture around. That doesn't mean we, the older generations, back out of the battle by any stretch of the imagination. For me, at least, it means we fight even harder. Ever try standing up for someone who really didn't care if you did or not? I have. These young people are finding their voice, through us perhaps, and they're hitting their stride. Don't worry: when it's time for them to take over, we'll know.
Friday, April 6, 2012
Kenny Wolf, 16: Bullying Claims Yet Another Life
When it hits this close to home, it's really painful for me to think about. According to information just received, Kenny Wolf, a 14-year-old freshman at Olde Mill High School in Maryland, successfully attempted suicide yesterday, Thursday April 5th. According to a memorial page set up on the popular teen site, tumblr, Kenny had been constantly bullied because of being an LGBT teen.
The information hit me like a Mack truck. I lived in that neighborhood for a while. When I saw his facebook picture, taken just the day before his suicide, I just wept. No, I didn't know him. I lived there when he was just 4 or 5 years old. I didn't need to know him, though. I know that he was another teen, just trying to become, but because of other people's hostilities, is now gone forever.
I don't think it can be said enough that this whole epidemic of bullying has to be met head-on, and dealt with as seriously as any other epidemic that hits our society. It was said that "if teens were dying at this rate because of a medical outbreak, everyone would be in a panic." I agree. As such, the same intensity has to be applied to the problem of bullying, and the suicides that it's leading to.
The more I learn, though, the more I realize that it could be easier said than done at this point-in-time. Why? Well, where do we start? The easy answer would be to hold these young people accountable for the consequences of their bullying. And, I believe that to be true. If they knew, without a doubt, that their bullying would lead to severe consequences especially in cases where it led to suicides, they would think twice before doing it. After all, if those same kids were to take a weapon to school and physically harmed or killed another student, wouldn't they be charged for a crime? And, depending on the severity of the outcome, they would potentially be charged as an adult. What, then, is the difference between that action and bullying someone to a point where he or she ends their life? On a real core level, especially to the family and friends of the victim, there is no difference. In either case, their loved one is gone forever. However, that's the easy answer. Our society, especially in this country, already has a lock-'em-up-and-throw-away-the-key mentality. It doesn't "cure" a thing. And, it doesn't bring anyone back.
The long-term solution absolutely has to be a re-education of our culture beginning with the adults. Once again, I will say that these young people aren't born to hate, discriminate, or be intolerance. They. Are. Taught. They are taught, either directly or indirectly, by adults. Listen to the rhetoric from the extremist's corner. Watch, again, what a "pastor" "preaches" to his "congregation" about the LGBT community. These are the people who tell the young bullies, either directly or indirectly, that it's ok to treat LGBT teens, real or perceived, as mean as they want to. These extremists send the signal that even physical harm is acceptable when it comes to LGBT teens. And, that is what has to be addressed quickly, and severely. Forget their claims of freedom of speech. Freedom of speech does not include hate speech. Their idea of "freedom of speech" is costing lives and destroying families. That is not acceptable. Not anymore.
Kenny has been gone for just over 24 hours, so his family and friends are still raw with unimaginable pain. Send them lots of love and support. And, prayers. And, while you're praying to a God that loves, pray that He works on the hearts and souls of the people, young and old, who spread harmful hatred and intolerance. It's time for a change. Rest in peace, Kenny. No one can harm you now.
On This Date: Oscar Wilde
Did you know that on this date in 1895, Oscar Wilde was arrested, basically, for being gay? True. As the story goes, Wilde had been engaged to the son of the marquess of Queensberry.
A four year engagement!? That's as long, or longer, than many hetero marriages!! Just sayin'. For the record, I will add that one of my best friends as a younger man was with his partner (gay marriage wasn't even THOUGHT about in those not-so-long-ago days!) for 17 years!! Together, they owned a home, operated a successful business, raised a daughter, eventually raised a grandson. The only thing that separated them was the death of my friend's partner. Til death do us part. Yet, we have to struggle to get equal rights to marry! Go figure.
What struck me as interesting in Oscar Wilde's case is that he was jailed for being a homosexual, but why wasn't the Lord of Queensberry to whom he was engaged for 4 years? Ah, the privilege of being royalty.
In a bizarre twist, just last year, March 3, 2011, the son of the marquess of Queensberry committed suicide, throwing himself from a fifth floor balcony. He had been struggling with the sometimes debilitating mental illness, depression. That just shows that no one is immuned.
Wilde had been engaged in an affair with the marquess's son since 1891, but when the outraged marquess denounced him as a homosexual, Wilde sued the man for libel. However, he lost his case when evidence strongly supported the marquess's observations. Homosexuality was classified as a crime in England at the time, and Wilde was arrested, found guilty, and sentenced to two years of hard labor.Two years hard labor. This just goes to show two things: 1.) unlike what the extremists want people to think, homosexuality has been around for as long as humanity, itself, has. Wonder who did the "recruiting" back in those days?; and, 2.) the LGBT community has always struggled for acceptance.
A four year engagement!? That's as long, or longer, than many hetero marriages!! Just sayin'. For the record, I will add that one of my best friends as a younger man was with his partner (gay marriage wasn't even THOUGHT about in those not-so-long-ago days!) for 17 years!! Together, they owned a home, operated a successful business, raised a daughter, eventually raised a grandson. The only thing that separated them was the death of my friend's partner. Til death do us part. Yet, we have to struggle to get equal rights to marry! Go figure.
What struck me as interesting in Oscar Wilde's case is that he was jailed for being a homosexual, but why wasn't the Lord of Queensberry to whom he was engaged for 4 years? Ah, the privilege of being royalty.
In a bizarre twist, just last year, March 3, 2011, the son of the marquess of Queensberry committed suicide, throwing himself from a fifth floor balcony. He had been struggling with the sometimes debilitating mental illness, depression. That just shows that no one is immuned.
Olivia Penpraze, 19: Bullying and Depression Leads to Death by Suicide
On the Jamie Hubley page that serves as my homepage, one of the regulars posted this yesterday:
Bullying. Again. Will it ever end? Not as long as people keep talking about it rather than doing something about it. According to a post her father made on her tumblr page, a photo and thought-sharing website used by many teens, people there had been bullying her, as well. How on Earth does a person sit behind a computer screen and urge a person who is already obviously in crisis to kill themselves? How does one think that's cool or funny? Or, do they just truly not care? Olivia's dad's letter said that this had gone on before she attempted suicide for the last time:
When I asked Andrew, the young man who posted the original post about Olivia's lost battle, if he had anything he wanted to say about her, he had this:
No, Andrew, she won't go unnoticed. Not if I have anything to do with it. I watched the video that she had made, and it just ripped my heart from my chest. No one, no one should have to live such a life of unchecked turmoil. Olivia had been screaming for help for almost a decade. Finally, the demons of mental illness and depression won. Depression that was brought on by bullying.
Bullying. Again. Will it ever end? Not as long as people keep talking about it rather than doing something about it. According to a post her father made on her tumblr page, a photo and thought-sharing website used by many teens, people there had been bullying her, as well. How on Earth does a person sit behind a computer screen and urge a person who is already obviously in crisis to kill themselves? How does one think that's cool or funny? Or, do they just truly not care? Olivia's dad's letter said that this had gone on before she attempted suicide for the last time:
To all of my daughter's followers, this is to let you all know that on Thursday, 29th March, Olivia attempted suicide, as a result she is on life support and this will be terminated shortly due to her being brain dead. So, to all of the people who posted support of this outcome on this blog, you can be real proud of yourselves. As a father who witnessed her first breath of life and now to witness her last, I thank you for your utmost disregard for life. If this sort of activity gets you off, you are nothing. To those of you who offered her support to refrain from killing herself, thanks. You should all try to make contact with family even if it is against your wishes. At least leave a contact somewhere on your blog in times of need. I know that you all need somewhere you can vent your anger and feelings and that these blogs can help, but in reality family must always come first...I talked to someone else just tonight, as I was writing this actually, who had someone on that same page telling her that she, too, should kill herself. Who is teaching these young people such a deep level of hatred? Is it hatred? Or, is it simply an ambivalence of human life? Do today's youth just not give a rat's ass about the next human being? Have they become desensitized to human life? Look, it's become painfully and frighteningly clear that the change in our culture has got to start with the adults since that's where young people learn from. No teen, anywhere, should ever feel so helpless and hopeless that they feel the only way out is to end their life. At the same time, no teen, anywhere, at anytime!, should feel that it's perfectly okay to bully another person for any reason. Hatred and intolerance is taught.
When I asked Andrew, the young man who posted the original post about Olivia's lost battle, if he had anything he wanted to say about her, he had this:
she loved her friends and always seemed happy. I remember once at choir she said she was changing schools. That may have been when she quit school like she said in her video. As i have said before, I wasn't close with her. But, on the outside, she was happy; on the inside, it seems she was screaming for help. We all miss her, and I personally am going to do everything I can in my power now to put an end to bullying and teen suicide.We need more Andrews. Families and friends should now be forced to go through this kind of trauma...this level of pain. May you rest in peace, Olivia.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
I'd Be Ashamed
If I were a regular, church-going Christian, I'd be ashamed. Hell, I'm not a regular, church-going Christian, and I'm still ashamed. I'm ashamed and appalled. I'm ashamed that there are people like this Arizona "pastor", Steven Anderson, representing himself as a religious leader while spewing pure, absolute hatred. Bitter hatred. Violence-laden hatred.
[for the record, let me say that whereas I'm not a "regular, church-going Christian", I do strongly and fully believe in God.]
This video surfaced today on the facebook blog page and is a must-see. It's a must-see for anyone who wonders why so many of my recent posts have been about the far-right "religious" faction, in particular. It's important that I reiterate that nothing I say herein is meant as an attack on true Christians or on Republicans. In fact, I had an opportunity to exchange thoughts with one who did take offense to what I was saying, and it turned out that his philosophy really isn't that different than my own. Let's say we're on opposite sides of the aisle, perhaps, but we're both occupying close enough to the aisle that we can see and speak to each other. What I am trying to get get across, however, and will continue to try to get across, is the amount of pure hatred, vile intolerance, and in some cases, suggestions of violence is coming from that far-right extremist faction who disguise themselves as Christians to mask their bitter hatred. Watching the video will say more than I can ever say here.
This guy, Steven Anderson, is no stranger to the national spotlight. As soon as I saw the name, I knew who he was. As is evident in this video, I think it's fair to say that Mr. Anderson spends more time "preaching" hate than he does spreading the word of God. And, forget about him spreading love. Thanks not on his agenda. In 2009, he had this to say:
Bitter, violence-laden hate speak. The kind that's leading to many of the LGBT teen suicides.
Bitter, violence-laden hate speak. The kind that leads the mindless to have ideations of shooting the leader of our country.
[for the record, let me say that whereas I'm not a "regular, church-going Christian", I do strongly and fully believe in God.]
This video surfaced today on the facebook blog page and is a must-see. It's a must-see for anyone who wonders why so many of my recent posts have been about the far-right "religious" faction, in particular. It's important that I reiterate that nothing I say herein is meant as an attack on true Christians or on Republicans. In fact, I had an opportunity to exchange thoughts with one who did take offense to what I was saying, and it turned out that his philosophy really isn't that different than my own. Let's say we're on opposite sides of the aisle, perhaps, but we're both occupying close enough to the aisle that we can see and speak to each other. What I am trying to get get across, however, and will continue to try to get across, is the amount of pure hatred, vile intolerance, and in some cases, suggestions of violence is coming from that far-right extremist faction who disguise themselves as Christians to mask their bitter hatred. Watching the video will say more than I can ever say here.
This guy, Steven Anderson, is no stranger to the national spotlight. As soon as I saw the name, I knew who he was. As is evident in this video, I think it's fair to say that Mr. Anderson spends more time "preaching" hate than he does spreading the word of God. And, forget about him spreading love. Thanks not on his agenda. In 2009, he had this to say:
The same God who instituted the death penalty for murders is the same god who instituted the death penalty for rapists and for homosexuals, sodomites and queers!You read that right: this man, this "pastor" was advocating the murder of members of the LGBT community. How is that even legal!? Hate speech should never, ever be confused with free speech. And, what comes through in the video, and in the malicious diatribe from 2009 is pure hate speech.
That's what it was instituted for, okay? That's God, he hasn't changed. Oh, God doesn't feel that way in the New Testament ... God never "felt" anything about it, he commanded it and said they should be taken out and killed.
You know why God wanted the sodomites in the Old Testament to be killed? You know why every good king of Israel, the Bible says they got rid of the sodomites in the land? You know, the good kings that came after the bad kings who had allowed the sodomites to infest their land, they had infiltrated ... King Asa got the sodomites out of the land, Jehoshaphat exterminated the sodomites that were left from the days of his father, Asa. Why? Because the sodomites are infectious, that's why. Because they're not reproducers, that goes without saying, they're recruiters.
How are they multiplying? Do you not see that they're multiplying? Are you that blind? Have you noticed that there's more than there were last year and the year before, and the year before that? How are they multiplying? They're reproducing right? No, here's a biology lesson: they're not reproducers, they're recruiters! And you know who they're after? Your children. Remember you dropped off your kids last week? That's who they're after. You drop them off at some daycare, you drop them off at some school somewhere, you don't know where they're at. I'll tell you where they're at: they're being recruited by the sodomites. They're being molested by the sodomites. I can tell you so many stories about people that I know being molested and recruited by the sodomites.
They recruit through rape. They recruit through molestation. They recruit through violation. They are infecting our society. They are spreading their disease. It's not a physical disease, it's a sin disease, it's a wicked, filthy sin disease and it's spreading on a rampage. Can't you see that it's spreading on a rampage? I mean, can you not see that? Can you not see that it's just exploding in growth? Why? Because each sodomite recruits far more than one other sodomite because his whole life is about recruiting other sodomites, his whole life is about violating and hurting people and molesting 'em.
Bitter, violence-laden hate speak. The kind that's leading to many of the LGBT teen suicides.
Bitter, violence-laden hate speak. The kind that leads the mindless to have ideations of shooting the leader of our country.
The punchline: the guy who is advocating the wholesale slaughter of homosexuals also says Obama is just like Adolf Hitler. You can't make this stuff up; no one would believe it. And by the way, the guy who showed up at an Obama rally with an assault rifle? This is his pastor.Get the picture? People of this mentality are dangerous. Plain and simple. And, understanding that "they" are the driving force behind the opposition of equal rights is a somber, sobering reality. I mean, even good ol' Fred isn't this bad. He's just...simple.
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