Father tries to beat the 'gayness' out of own son with baseball bat

Im sorry, but if that had been MY dad, i would have grabbed the bat and beat him with it. It helps that im a 6'2, 285lb gay man. I would not tolerate that. Parents are meant to love and support their children, not beat them into submission. They are meant to help their child flourish and grow in who and wat they are.

god with a baseball bat Thats not how you beat the gay outta someone you gotta use a car at about 60MPH

it hurts to know that there are such ignorant people out there

While I think the actions are horrific on the part of the father, I do recognize that in a very twisted sick way the fatehr loves his son, enough to try to get him back to the kid he never knew was gay. I come from a family that has the same methods of dealing with things and that was always a challenge because we do have a lot of gay and bisexual people in our family. Keeping that information to yourself is the general way to deal with it, and if they find out than your disowned and thrown out and never allowed back no matter what your age, teenager or not, fin for yourself.
Yeah this dad lost his damn mind, but the kid had to know that his father would react like that, he grew up with the man. And he chose to leave after the attack, why did he go back? He is 18 he should have realized that going back was a really bad idea.
The whole situation is sad and I think that more people need to really think about what they really believe is true Christianity. I have read the bible several times and Christ only gave one commandment in all his life to his people, in the sermon on the mount, which is often distorted by organized religion, LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS I HAVE FIRST LOVED YOU! THe father needs help and the boy needs to realize that his father is a danger to him and that if he wants to talk to him, use the phone. He is an adult, he should get out on his own and live his life with people who accept him for who he is and maybe one day he can mend things with his father, by phone, it is just safer for all.

I believe what we dont know about often scares us, I also believe what is different scares us even more. Change comes for people at different times as well in different forms for differ reasons, but it is up to us all as human to decide to embrase change or difference or continue to beat our slaves or join Hitler in thought of change or watch people in africa suffer and so much more just like this father in the carolina's. Who am I to judge when I to am different in some way.

or what if it did work.....everyone would just be standing there like....uhm.....ok then well touche...

WEllll.....did it work ??

Someone should beat the stupid out of the father.

I think the father is possessed.

that just make me want to cry. His father doesnt understand anything about love and acceptance.

You can always pick your friends gay lesbian or otherwise but you cannot pick your family.

Furthermore you cannot reason with ignorance.

If he had been my dad he would certainly be removed from my christmas card list

Damn, now thats tough love.

this hurts me more than its hurts you son....naaat

a baseball bat? what an idiot! you have to use something much less phallic if you want to completely beat the gayness out. perhaps he should have tried brass nuckles or throwing stars.

hahaha, That is tooo funny. He should have respected his father and moved out a long time ago if he wanted to be gay because it's obvious the father hated that. I blame the gay son.

of course this isn't the first case of a hate crime involving a son and his father.

He must have beat him to the pulp!

Homerun?

man...people are so ignorant.

My eldest sitster is a lesbian. I remember my dad beating her with a belt (for catching her kissing a girl) ... and gloriously I remember me mum divorcing him for such. One big happy family since he's been nixxed. That's nearly 30-years ago.

nice to see religion at work once again.

Sad thing is the father thought he was helping his son by "casting the homosexuality out."

Christ said "spoil the rod, and spoil the child" but does this apply to baseball bats?

Maybe it should be spoil the rod, or you'll have to use a baseball bat.

My heart goes out to the father, but he should have locked the door, and forget he had a son or a homosexual.

NOW this is funny and sad. What the hell is his father thinking. I have heard of people saying they are going to beat it out of you, but i took that as a joke I didnt really think some idiot would really try this. He should be put in jail, Im sorry this was just plain ignorant. Thanks America for being so accepting of homosexual citizens.

i'm not against someone beating the "intolerance" out of that guy's father with a baseball bat. sadly, that would probably mean that he would be beaten to death since intolerance doesn't come out as easy as gayness. i'm not against that either. go back to high school fag.

whas this world comin 2

This is terrible abuse.

I sincerely hope this guy gets the book thrown at him.

And he needs psychological help.

The child needs a lot of love and help too.

What the hell. The kid should run away and never turn back. Leave his maniac father to brew in his ignorance. One day he will realize that he'd rather have a gay son then no son at all.

i think people should be accepted as they are, thats just cruel and i hope 1 day he realises that

I just have one question, why do people hate us so much? We are humans too. Being is Gay/Bi is nothing bad. We should be more focused on terrorism and things of that nature.

I feel so sad for this teenager. How could a parent do this to his own flesh and blood. I hope that the psychological impact from this experience will soon pass and the teen can be happy and proud to be himself.

Dumb arse is as dumber and dumber every day. This would never have happened if...

ah just vote correctly next time America!

Live and let live. Damn shame is this is the year 2008!

Sigh, greed is the reason for the negativity in this double standard land.

Here batter, batter, batter. OMG, He should have taken the bat to himself

did he keep his "bat" in the closet?

This just goes to show just how stupid, wrathful, and disgusting people can be. Whether or not one agrees with the lifestyle, there is no excuse for such horrible behavior.

P.S.

My parents are divorced, and I came out to my mother a long time before I came out to my dad. She never told him because she thought is was best that I tell him myself when I was comfortable doing so. I just thought I'd explain that my parents were divorced because the comment made it sound as though they were possibly still married when they found out.

In fact they've been divorced since I was two yrs old. My mother at first thought that the divorce and the fact that my father wasn't always around was to blame for me being gay. It took me a while to assure her this wasn't a choice but the way I am, and the only thing the divorce affected was my "need" or want to be married. She's starting to realize that may very well be true, to my relief. Something else I'm happy about.

When my dad first found out I was gay, he gave me alot of shit about it, and I sat and took it.

The second time he confronted me about it, I told him I would appreciate it if he dropped the subject if he wasn't going to be civil about it. When he didn't, I stopped speaking to him for about a month and my mother forbade my siblings from speaking to him as well.

Her thoughts on it were if he disowned one of his children, he didn't deserve to be in the lives of any of his children. My mother didn't back down from this stance (even though many of my siblings refused to comply). She then cut off communication with my siblings. When they asked how she could do this, she said anyone who couldn't respect my right to be a part of a loving family who accepted me as I was, didn't deserve to be accepted for who they were either.

Once they realized how unfair they were being in insisting they were in the right and putting me in the position of feeling as though I weren't a part of the family, they put pressure on my dad as well. Fearing a lonely and desperate life without communication with the only family he had, he eventually came around and let me know that although he didn't agree with or like that I was gay, he loved me and was sorry for treating me like a "joto" (spanish for fag) rather than a son.

It pissed me off that he used the word "joto", but he made an effort to apologize and I know how hard it must've been. We are on much better terms now and he even asks me about my boyfriend (although he refers to him as my "friend" or "roommate" but I'm not about to be picky).

My mother had a hard time accepting me when I first came out to her, and she still makes derogatory comments from time to time. I'm glad my dad reacted the way he did, because it showed me the progress my mother had made in accepting me, and also that a parent's love can be truly unconditional even when they have to go against what they believe.

I know it doesn't always work out this way for everyone, but sometimes it takes a little time, sometimes a lot of time. But just as I asked my family to be understanding of who I was, I had to be understanding of how they were raised and taught to be believe.

I didn't know how to deal with how they first reacted and it led me through some tough times, but I learned how to be tolerant with ignorance because of it. I don't talk down to people who look down on gay people or talk shit about them. I simply brush their comments off and try to display to them that no matter how they feel about me or who I am, I will continue to live my life and be who I am.

Most people I meet who think homosexuality is wrong, don't always know I'm gay right off the bat, and are sometimes a little shocked (although I think I'm pretty "gay" most of the time, haha). I think most people who meet gay people who don't "act" like a stereotypical homosexual are able to realize that being gay is no different than being straight as far as living their lives are concerned.

Most have the impression that being gay entails orgies, drugs, unprotected sex, AIDS, and any other horrible stereotype. This is why it upsets me that so many people who are loved by the public, such as athletes or celebrities that are gay aren't openly gay. It implies that the moral majority is right and being gay is something to be ashamed of or there are reasons to hide who they are.

I don't judge people who judge me, I just recognize they are ignorant and so driven by this ignorance they base on what they see as truth, that it taints their ability to accept any other reality.

However I will say when someone calls me a fag and says it with contempt, I do respond sometimes respond with choice words of my own. And if someone attacks me, you better believe I go all "Jackie Chan" on their ass. I may be tolerant of ignorance but I'll be damned if I'm gonna be a sitting duck.

Ugh. That ignorant prick. I bet he's also part of the KKK. at least the dad can say, "I beat that b**** with a bat"

Seriously though, why would anyone do that to their own child? I hope this has made america realize that being straight doesn't mean you're opinion is right. I swear, people and their god forsaken ignorance.

So, how's the Louisville Slugger working out for the DAD? Is he arrested yet?

I am not completely down with homosexuality, but it still doesn't give anyone the right to beat someone for it... especially your own damn son!

This news is disgusting. A father with this kind of irrational intolerance of his own son is no father at all.

"Toleration is the best religion." ~Victor Hugo

thats just straight wrong u should love ur child for who they are not if they like a man or a women u just cant help it. the same was u look at the opp sex
u dont know why but u just are attracted to them.
His father owes him and apolige

So many parents flunk the parental test. Big time. Of course, I have seen the opposite happen...a gay son or daughter brings out an amazing change in previously biased shutdown parents. They slowly crack open under the forces of parental love and are better people for it.

Parents are supposed or generally accept their offspring for who they are because they are a part of them...

Why have kids if you don't want to them live and be free..

:-(

i can't imagine how damaging that would be for the kid's psyche.

I'm so proud to live in the south...right... I face ignorant assholes like the dad on a daily basis

So its perfectly Christian to beat your grown behind son with a bat but you can't have an abortion when its within your own right?

Thank Godesseses and Gods I'm a pagan woman.

this just a sad story people won't take other people for what they are such as race,gender or religion and about this story this father should be in jail

Horrible.

probably not very intresting ,somebody should beat the stupidity out of the boys farther,and don't stop till he admits it

I have never really understood violence for non competitive reason or defense. The thing is, a person is not to stand in the way of another's rights to freedom. In particular, the church is not to stand in the way of people going to God. We are all somewhat a sinner, some greater than others, in those sins great or small of God is not to have someone obstruct them from freedom to worship. I know this topic is about violence on an individual, what I never have understood is man is judged in God as a sinner until he or she is right with the Lord. As it goes, a person in my opinion goes to Hell for getting in the way of the ability someone has to seek God's Love and Grace. We are all sinners according to the book and we have no particular better sin than another. A person is to assist in getting someone to God not eliminate them for a difference they decide on what sins are better than others - that is, God likes people that seek him, and we are not to interfere with that journey only direct them to a group that best suits that journey. Of course this idea is for someone going to Church to begin with, some people just do not like faith so regardless of preference, and are going to refuse. It is for the person of faith I refer to in this comment. The grace of God is not something man is going to administer better than God; it is to assist in that grace.

Idk why they use baseball bats for everything, but beating your own child because they're gay,is not something one can just beat out of someone.

Sometimes I wonder why I hate people. Then when I read stories like this I remember why.

um it would be great if you would clarify the messy and ambiguous statement about the ads? didnt make much sense.

I'm sorry. I would have probably done something similar... Yes, it's horrible but... Really, I'm no father but I really wouldn't know what to do... These days, I say I would throw him out of the house...

Don't know! :-|
What would anyone do!?

Pretty sad. Seems to me this dad needs to have the C#@#! beat out of him with the same bat!

http://www.FireMe.To/udi

And people wonder why the rate of suicide amongst homosexuals is so high. Lets see, Kill yourself, or come out and have a parent try to beat you to death...which seems like a nicer end?

That man needs to be in jail.

So, what is this called fatherly love?

Amazing!

Give that guy a medal!

Oh wait, did I say medal, I meant involuntary euthanasia.

WTF?!!!! Man, what was he thinking?

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that this may be one of those Republican "family values" kind of guy. Why are some people so scared of gay people?

Wow. This is awful.

did it work?

wow.............how could a parent even think of doing something like that to their own child?..........many people say that the choose to be homesexual but why is it that it is a trair in you gens the only ones to blame there is human nature. He created the him weater it was anaccident or he wnated to have a child and now he must learn to cope with what he has you can't force someone to change for the good of one.(.....................its a law to be gay but not to have abortions..............)

I dont believe anyone should be beat for being gay. But I do believe they dont belong living in the same places as straight people. they should be segrated and allowed to have familys of there own.I dont see a real long family history

some people are so ignorant.

For the father to have reacted in this way I believe him to be a closeted self hating gay himself. This is Larry Craig gay denial on steroids. This is just not normal reaction to a child's homosexuality.

Did it work? j/k

Evil SOB father!!!

When will America become more open to a persons choice of what he or she wants to do in his life.We had enough of these closed minded one issue people who still live sixty years in the past and still think they have leverage in America.

This is just sad all around. There doesn't seem to be any good news more significant than a cat with a fresh litter adopting an orphaned baby bunny in the world any more.