AFA on 10-Year-Old Pride Grand Marshal: Child Abuse

So would it also be "child abuse" if this young man with a social conscience was representing his equanimity in a Cinco de Mayo or MLK celebration or parade because he took exception to the treatement of Latino immigrants or African - Americans? I think not. @Chauncey - why don't you remove yourself to a fundamentalist country, say, Iran for instance?

Seriously, child abuse really… really? The priest abuse scandal not a Catholic problem, but a same-sex predator problem, really? I was a Catholic seminarian. I remember about choking on my cereal one morning because I recognized a certain bishop on the Today Show. Oh hell no, do not try to put this off on the LGBT community. It was and still is a Catholic hierarchy problem. Will's parents don't seem to be seeking the spotlight. They seem to be supporting their son more than they are supporting LGBT rights, as it should be. I walked by the Phelps Klan when they were protesting Kansas City Pride years ago. They had a girl around 11 with then, and she was terrified. She was crying hysterically. A mother keeping a child in a situation that terrifies her, no matter the reason, IS child abuse. Teaching absolute authority of any kind IS child abuse.

What can save a nation who sexualizes and emotionally rape a 10 year old boy with pro-gay agitprop? What can save a nation so soul sick as to demonize and intimidate 10 year old Boy Scouts for wanting "Jamborees" in the woods to be free from adult same-sex predators? What can save a nation that thinks the "gay priest" scandal in the church is a Catholic problem and not a same-sex predator problem? What can save a nation who has lost all sensitivity and discernment? Only one thing. "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." 2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV "When fascism comes to America it will be carrying a pink swastika wrapped in a rainbow flag." Larry Sinclair Upton

"“He’s obviously just parroting the nonsense he’s been told by manipulative adults." This happens to every child. Including those raised by fruity anti-gay parents. Hence, it is not abuse. I see more of this in sports and performance competitions than anything else. Just let kids be kids, and I don't think having a 10 year old grand Marshall does any good for the gay community. Although there is nothing wrong with it, it will only fuel more of the insecurities of a "brainwashed" group of adults that refuse to grow up.

When an organization loses it, and gets so desperate as to make ridiculous statements, they lose their argument. Like when secret handshakes of the KKK made many people shun away from their groups. Grown men saying/asserting childish behavior. And so floridly hypocrital--I still remember Pepperdine U's ad with Dick Peterson using kids to sell fear and bigotry, using kids to promote prop 8. Pathetic.

Oh, and this isn't abuse? http://proudatheists.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/god-hates.jpg Or This? http://randymorgan.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/godhatesfags2.jpg Or this one? http://glpiggy.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/westboro_baptist_church-drones.jpg I strongly disagree with the AFA or whatever it is. Very strongly. This boy is doing this of his own free will, or so it has been portrayed. Brainwashed? To what? Love everyone equally? Teaching Hate and Discrimination is Child abuse, and they should be tried in a criminal court, and serve time behind bars where the Men in prison can ‘take care’ of them. If you don’t like gays, don’t be one. If you don’t like gay marriage, don’t get one. All we are asking is our rights, not that you like us, just treat us equally.

Strangely , In this case I agree with AFA in thatI don't agree with using children as a political tool. Whether it's conservatives or liberals, can we quit using kids as props, like stuffed animals to seek sympathy? Everytime I see another kid with a political sign tied around his neck and paraded around like a circus animal, I feel they are not being respected, I think he's being used.

I guess these folks don't know the state definition for child abuse and neglect. But they do highlight the necessity for pride marches [sic]; I think parades are a misnomer, they do seem much more like civil rights marches than "parades." We do have to "say it loud, I'm [Gay] and I'm proud," to quote James Brown. Because there are people out there who appear to intrinsically believe that our way of life is unnatural, shameful, and sinful. Kinda sounds similar to how Al Qaeda thinks of America and the West. The question is, how can we all get along with these differences? Are we going to allow this problem to escalate into violence? Or are we going to agree to disagree and allow peaceful coexistence? I guess the results of this judicial/legislative conflict will let us know where this is going to go. I just hope we don't end up with "gay riots" like there were race riots in the 20th century.

Never mind that these people hand their kids signs and drag them to anti-gay rallies all the time...

As I child I was the subject of Fundamentalist Baptist abuse. Faith without question and burn in Hell if you do. As an 11 years old sent to these missionary Bible camps I can tell you that being kept awake for days at a time and having Jesus screamed at you along with knowing that the hundreds of people in the congregation would kill you if they knew you were gay...IT WAS NOTHING SHORT OF CRUELTY AND ABUSE. I found my way to an understanding that the universe is a beautiful, loving place that has a spot just for me, but make no mistake these people would kill you if they could.