Prayers for Bobby…

If you haven’t seen this movie it’s a Lifetime Movie about a family who’s youngest son opens up at about age 20 and tells them he’s gay. Right away his mother goes to work trying to cure him of this disease by sending him to youth church camps, a counselor, and church in general. In the end this attempt to cure him wears him down so much that he eventually kills himself because he can’t understand why he feels the way he does even though he knows it’s so wrong in the eyes of the Lord.

During the movie there was a portion where the Leviticus laws and other parts of the Bible that address homosexuality were explained in the proper historical and language context. Of course these arguments are routinely ignored by the most staunch religious people. You’ll never convince those unwilling to open their minds and learn.

The main point of the movie is that condemning a child (and although Bobby was an adult he grew up in the church which condemned his feelings which he was born with and didn’t choose) over something they have no control over is bound to lead children to become depressed, perhaps turn to things like alcohol and drugs, or even kill themselves. And it’s up to the religious community to support their members, not condemn them and try to “cure” them.

It would be nice if this was practiced. Love, not condemnation. But it’s not. God’s love is not shown by the church all that often. More often than not we’re seeing the condemnation of people. Also what bothers me about the church is members inability and lack of care to research what they’re being told. I don’t think God intended us to believe blindly. I’m of the belief that the more you research, the more you learn (outside and inside your faith) the closer to God you become.

Anyhow I cried during the last half hour or so of the movie mainly because I’m a sap but also because the truth is that there are people out there that have no problem condemning people and don’t give two thoughts about the effects of that condemnation.

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