ON CAMERA: FAMILY BEATS, REJECTS SON AFTER COMING OUT
A young gay American man has captured his family throwing him out and attacking him on camera in response to his coming out.
In the shocking YouTube video, the young man – identified as 20-year-old Daniel – is heard having a discussion with members of his family about his being gay.
A woman, presumed to his be his mother, rejects his arguments that he cannot change his sexuality and that being gay is not a choice.
“You have made a choice, independent of what you’ve told your daddy. You can deny it all you want to but I believe in the word of God. And God creates nobody that way. It is a path that you have chosen to choose,” she is heard saying.
His mother then tells him: “Since you have chosen that path, we will not support you any longer. You will need to move out and find wherever you can to live and do what you want to. I will not let people believe that I condone what you do.”
Daniel responds: “OK, I will be out by Thursday night by midnight, how about that? And you’ll never, ever have to see me again.”
His mother replies: “If that’s the way you choose it, that’s fine,” to which he reacts: “No, that’s not what I’m choosing, I’m doing what you’re telling me. And you’re disowning me.”
The discussion escalates with what seems to be another woman becoming increasingly angry and then attacking Daniel. There is a scuffle and a man – thought to be his father – his heard shouting, “you’re a damn queer!” The young man is also called “a disgrace.”
According to Rythymknight, who posted the video on Reddit and apparently knows Daniel, the young man left his home and is now living with a friend until he can support himself.
“It’s been a really traumatic experience for him, and I feel so terrible and angry that this happened,” he said.
Watch the disturbing video below.
I feel so sorry for the guy! This is SO wrong! IT is shocking what some parents do, and how LITTLE they love their children. I’m even more so shocked at how, ONCE AGAIN, Christianity is the ROOT of destruction to any family. This is enough to make any light believer an instant Atheist. I truly hope Daniel NEVER returns to those people. They just in no way can be regarded as his parents. Surely the parents are shocked at their son’s coming out, clearly their lack of understanding and minds trying to find sense and reasons on the limited education they have (illogical affinity for what the Bible says and disregard for science’s existence), their reaction is by far more overwhelmingly an indication for me of a set of parents who simply never really LOVED their child. Daniel was probably different since childhood (they admitted it in a way and by his voice). The parents were very concerned about WHAT OTHERS WILL THINK OF THEM (her reference to that others will/will not condone them), they knew this day would come, and they simply never grew too attached to their child that they can easily get rid of him the day he goes public. His parents have clearly been brewing on this idea and concept for some time. (Look at how emotional the parents started reacting when they took note that some people on Fcebook might already be aware of their child’s sexuality). I feel sooo soo sorry for him. I know myself how Christianity manifested on the ideas of my own parents (especially my dad) which caused a lot of destruction as well. And its usually some prominent religion at the root. I so badly want to ask Daniel’s mother, if she knew since he was a little boy that he is gay, then how de F* does a little boy make such an intense decision at that age??? I will never go back to such parents. Never. Even if they beg me to come back in 10 or 20 years. Things will never be the same, and stolen time will never be returned and I would always question their love.
Gosh Frans this story and video is absoluty shocking I actrually cant believe that the morther attacked her only son plus the father and brother oooo my blood got so boiling hot when I Saw that video
I’ve got friends who’ve been treated worse than this. In my circle of friends (all in our 40’s now) he got off lightly.