tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post2972643177832716372..comments2024-03-05T23:31:44.106-08:00Comments on Gay Family Values: The Exodus From ExodusGFVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02950236433262366445noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-27232926503131097132010-05-01T21:58:53.145-07:002010-05-01T21:58:53.145-07:00Of course it's all a scam. A friend of ours tr...Of course it's all a scam. A friend of ours tried it. Came out of it one hell of a psychological mess. Still gay btw, that didn't change even though he tried to do so. <br /><br />I can understand the pressures to change though. I ended up married when I was young even though I knew even then I was gay. <br /><br />But thankfully there wasn't any religious involvement. I walked away from the church as a teenager and never looked back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-11533837088948034492010-04-29T20:45:06.042-07:002010-04-29T20:45:06.042-07:00I love it! "We are not broken and certainly ...I love it! "We are not broken and certainly not in need of repair." No BETTER way to summarize the whole dang thing! <br />While I did not EVER have to FACE such condemnation and propaganda such as EXODUS, I have a dear friend that did. We met in first grade - best friends by GRADE SIX and on - even off to college together to BECOME TEACHERS - yep, even co-workers as adults but WE NEVER knew each other was gay. NO JOKES please! lol WE never talked about it!<br />WE were JUST who we were - then HIS family SENDS him off - he does not even tell me until years later - in our 30's "Roger, I am GAY." Even then it took another eight months before I got the courage to TELL him the same dang thing about me! <br />I was fortunate coming out in the 1990s in my early 30's - I remember my mother's words as CLEARLY today as when she spoke them to me - "Roger, when you were born I noticed you had blue EYES, and I loved you for that. Later I noticed you were left handed - and I LOVED you for THAT. Now you tell me you are gay - and you know what - I love you for that. There will be people that may have problems with that - maybe in OUR own family - but remember it is THEIR problem not YOURS. Hold your head held high and be proud of who and what you are in ALL respects - because I am PROUD of you.“ THAT is true unconditional love at its best.<br />My buddy? Well, NOT as lucky. TO his family that secretly followed him for months - listened to his phone messages and THEN THREW it in his face as the worst thing that ever happened "their family." (not to mention the 2 illegitimate children of his older brother brought home after a tour in the military, his older sister’s divorce that NO ONE was allowed to discuss, or the fact that his little sister was SO happy to learn of her NEW BABY on the way so soon after her wedding day - only to DISCOVER that the LITTLE one that came along just HAPPENED to be the was the WRONG color when her white HUBBY saw the beautiful Mulatto child she brought into the world – woops! –my buddy being GAY was the WORST thing his family ever had to face! He was sent to Exodus - his words - a gay pickup organization for closeted gays - but IT did not change him. Now 20 years later - STILL gay - and STILL living in a self imposed closet to PROTECT those that love him. DO THEY? SHAME on each of them and to all others to send those they love to face shock therapy, medication, weatherboarding that would get BUSH and CHENEY excited - is THIS LOVE? HELL, no.Roger Sampleshttp://www.facebook.com/roger.samplesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-18629244361436206202010-04-29T11:58:26.605-07:002010-04-29T11:58:26.605-07:00Great article. So true we don´t need to be repaire...Great article. So true we don´t need to be repaired, cause nothing is broken. Why does people have so hard to understand that it´s just as natural to be gay as it is to be straight. Love can´t be wrong...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-84105958287569096022010-04-29T07:59:02.539-07:002010-04-29T07:59:02.539-07:00Great article, it is definitely something that can...Great article, it is definitely something that can't be said enough!aNorthWestViewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03598507140332496283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587902609826926070.post-85773226500299752162010-04-28T13:28:23.209-07:002010-04-28T13:28:23.209-07:00God loves His little rainbows.God loves His little rainbows.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com