Joe and son Jadin - both dead.
On 9 October 2013, in Colorado, Joe Bell was killed when he was hit by a truck.
Truck driver Kenneth Raven has been 'cited with careless driving.'
Joe, aged 48, from Oregon, was on a 5,000 mile walk - to raise awareness about bullying.
Joe's 15-year-old son Jadin, who had been bullied, was found hanged at a La Grande school in January 2013.
Joe's Walk for Change Facebook page describes how Joe had been speaking at schools and clubs across the USA about homophobic bullying.
Jadin had been the victim of relentless bullying in school because of his sexuality.
Joe began his walk in Oregon in April 2013, traveling up to 25 miles a day as he raised awareness for Faces for Change, the anti-bullying foundation set up in Jadin's memory.
Huffington Post.
Jadin
At one stop on his journey, Mr Bell told a youth group about when Jadin first told them he was gay.
Denver Post
Joe told the group:
"My son didn't choose to be gay.
"My son was different at a very young age."
"He told his family he was gay because he knew they would accept him.
"I hugged him and kissed him on the cheek every day. I was proud of him."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
Remember that most of the hate-filled, bullying 'Christian' homophobes are gay.
Joe's 15-year-old son Jadin, who had been bullied, was found hanged at a La Grande school in January 2013.
Joe's Walk for Change Facebook page describes how Joe had been speaking at schools and clubs across the USA about homophobic bullying.
Jadin had been the victim of relentless bullying in school because of his sexuality.
Joe began his walk in Oregon in April 2013, traveling up to 25 miles a day as he raised awareness for Faces for Change, the anti-bullying foundation set up in Jadin's memory.
Huffington Post.
Jadin
At one stop on his journey, Mr Bell told a youth group about when Jadin first told them he was gay.
Denver Post
Joe told the group:
"My son didn't choose to be gay.
"My son was different at a very young age."
"He told his family he was gay because he knew they would accept him.
"I hugged him and kissed him on the cheek every day. I was proud of him."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
Remember that most of the hate-filled, bullying 'Christian' homophobes are gay.
How many Christians are ignoring this rule?
In Ezekiel 16:49 the "sin of Sodom" was identified as "pride, laziness, and too much food, while the poor and needy suffered"?
(not a word about homosexuality.)
Several scriptures refer to these sins, sins of failure to love and care for others, as being "worse than the sin of Sodom".
Whosoever: An Open Letter to Homophobic Christian Parents
Paul said "Let your women keep silent in the churches."
How many Christians accept this?
Whosoever: An Open Letter to Homophobic Christian Parents
Anonymous comments:
My first husband was an extreme verbal abuser.
I put up with it for 8 years, although I would listen to his invective in case I could learn anything from it.
One day, when I was unemployed, he screamed red-faced (and spat, as he stamped his foot at me):
Everybody f-ing hates you at work. Your managers, the people you sit next to....they all f-ing hate you.
It hit me like a bolt from above.......HE WAS SHOUTING AT HIMSELF.
Thus was I introduced to the phenomenon of projection.
We criticise in others what we criticise in ourselves.
As Peter T says: Some people are gay. Get over it!
Some sexual abuse survivors (understandably) cannot accept that at times their bodies may have responded to the abuse, or that they perceived their responses as enjoyment.
One day, when I was unemployed, he screamed red-faced (and spat, as he stamped his foot at me):
Everybody f-ing hates you at work. Your managers, the people you sit next to....they all f-ing hate you.
It hit me like a bolt from above.......HE WAS SHOUTING AT HIMSELF.
Thus was I introduced to the phenomenon of projection.
We criticise in others what we criticise in ourselves.
As Peter T says: Some people are gay. Get over it!
Some sexual abuse survivors (understandably) cannot accept that at times their bodies may have responded to the abuse, or that they perceived their responses as enjoyment.
Some may run for shelter in religion and project the fact that they have not accepted themselves onto others.....hiding behind the Bible.
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