"The Truth About Hate..."

"A father's letter to his son, James"

The young man, James to whom this letter was written says,

“In August of 2007, I finally built up the courage to tell my father I was gay. The moment I said it, the phone got quiet and he got off the phone after a few “Okay”s. I decided to give him time to process the news. About a week later, and not long before my birthday, I received the following letter.”

The letter reads:

“James: This is a difficult but necessary letter to write. I hope your telephone call was not to receive my blessing for the degrading of your lifestyle. I have fond memories of our times together, but that is all in the past.

Don’t expect any further conversations with me. No communications at all. I will not come to visit, nor do I want you in my house.

You’ve made your choice though wrong it may be. God did not intend for this unnatural lifestyle.

If you choose not to attend my funeral, my friends and family will understand.

Have a good birthday and good life. No present exchanges will be accepted.

Goodbye, Dad.”

James says it was “zealotry” from Bryan Fisher, of the American Family Association, Maggie Gallagher, former president of the National Organization for Marriage, and Dan Cathy of Chick-fil-A which negatively affected “everyday people”.

He went on to say: “I’ve never done drugs, was an excellent student, an obedient child (far less trouble than many of my classmates), didn’t drink until I was 22 because it terrified me, and have had just 1 speeding ticket in my life."

“Yet I am still seemingly deserving of this terrible act of hate and cowardice that one person can place on another. 5 years on and I am still doing fine, though this letter saunters into my mind every once in a while. When it does, I say without hesitation: Fuck you, Dad.”

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This is why we must fight back against the promotion of hate, bigotry and homophobia by the likes of people like Dan Cathy and Doug DeVos and the thousands of others just like them who's actions and words are not godly, humane or loving.  The hate that they promote is so powerfully poisonous that it can destroy even the relationship between a loving father and a good and obedient son.

Fear is the source of all hatred.

"Fear Eats the Soul"