Nathan Mathis explained in an interview with NBC News that he lost his daughter to suicide when she was 23 in 1995 and that she was a lesbian, struggling with serious discrimination and hate in her town. Mathis said he was protesting Republican candidate Roy Moore because he took the issue with his anti-LGBTQ comments throughout the years. Moore has said that "homosexual behavior" is an "inherent evil" that should be illegal. He has compared same-sex relationships to bestiality. Mathis stated that Moore's is incompatible with someone who is supposed to serve all Americans.
I wish his daughter could have lived to see how excepting the world has become and this also reminds me how grateful I am to get to co to such an accepting and welcoming high school. I also hope that their will be a day when a political leader can serve all Americans no matter who they love or what they look like.
http://www.refinery29.com/2017/12/184878/nathan-mathis-roy-moore-rally-alabama
i agree, we should all have respect for others and not judge them based on their sexuality.
ReplyDeleteThe Dad's message is so powerful. He is showing the other side to what Moore has claimed. People like Moore are apart of the reasons that LGBTQ Americans feel so alone. I agree that I hope to see that day too.
ReplyDeleteThis dad almost made me cry. Stories like these are so bittersweet because I feel so bad that he lost his daughter, but this serves as an example to homophobic parents of the reality and affect of intense homophobia on children and teens.
ReplyDeleteSo many other politicians get away with the same homophobic behaviors. Stories like this need to be spread to show that these politicians ARE part of the reason we still struggle with equality.
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