Prayers for Bobby Page #10

or something but...

not just screw us, right?

Ed...

Nothing no! No goodbye, no note, nothing. Just...

I'm sorry Bobby.

I'm sorry.

Are you happy now?

I'm sorry Bobby.

Are you happy now?

Ed...

It's not your fault.

There must be other Bobbys out there.

Other young gay people who may be thinking of taking their lives.

Does the church reach out to them?

They are other churches that do that.

Reverend Joseph asked us to tell you how sorry he is for your loss.

- We can come back in a couple of weeks and check in on your f...

- You don't understand, are you...

I don't know what to do.

I need to make peace with this and I can't.

The lord says the impure will be thrown into the lake of fire.

Bobby...

sinned!

But he was pure of heart.

He'd never knowingly hurt anyone.

Is that enough?

Is it?

Dear god,

my relationship to you leaves something to be desired.

I have never asked of you,

only given, as I was told.

Your holy spirit has taught me so much...

But now there's more I need to know.

Hey!

I can't.

Ok.

I think I'm gonna sleep in the living room.

Reverend?

Mary Griffith.

Nice to have you with us, Mary.

The bible...

it says that homosexuality is a sin punishable by death. Do you believe that?

There are other interpretations of the bible, Mrs Griffith.

My son...

was gay...

and he killed himself.

Is there an other interpretation of that?

I'm sorry.

What was his name?

Bobby.

Bobby Griffith.

I saw him here a couple of times.

My Bobby?

He always sat way in the back.

He stopped coming.

I am so sorry.

You must be...

I need answers.

I need to know where he is.

Is homosexuality an unforgivable sin?

Leviticus, 18:
22 says:

If a man lies with another man, it is an abomination.

An abomination, in that time, didn't mean sin. It meant unclean.

Leviticus also goes on to

say eating shellfish is an abomination.

Or mixing fabrics...

Leviticus 20:
13

If a man lies with another man, they both should be put to death.

And then he says the same thing about an adultere, or a child that disobeys their parents.

And we certainly don't interpret that scripture litteraly.

In Deuteronomy 22,

If a woman is not a virgin on her wedding day,

she should be taken to her father's house and stoned to death.

So what do you tell people who come here?

Gay people...

That homosexuality is ok?

That it is permissible in god's eyes?

I tell them what I believe to be the truth:

that God loves them as they are.

God's vengeance is great.

So is his compassion.

You shouldn't teach them

that homoseuxality is ok.

That's not what the bible says.

It just confuses them more.

Mrs Griffith,

if you'd like to come back during the week and talk,

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