Dead Son? (not a Pea Son)

"Sometimes the hardest thing are the memories. Remembering the joy I felt in that plump baby who looked at me so adoringly. I remember when he sat on the kitchen counter helping peel potatoes or stir ingredients into the batter. I remember our home school days at the kitchen table and reading together on the couch. I remember singing harmony together in the kitchen. I remember the pride I felt when he led singing or gave a talk at young men’s night at church. Those memories are all I have left now. There are no more to make."

So sad.  Such heartache. 

But. Kim Higginbotham's son is not dead.  He is living as a gay man.   So, to mom, and her beliefs, he is gone.

Thankfully, another Christian has responded.

"“I pray,” [Higginbotham] says to her readers, “that you never have to make such a sacrifice, but I also pray that you love the Lord enough to choose Him over your children. This is where we find ourselves. This is our life.”....Speaking of choosing your children over Jesus, what does that even mean? Does that mean we won’t hang with our kids if they take to drinking? Or will we turn our backs if they are preggers-sans-marriage? What if they embezzle? What if they speed? Of course not, you judgy thing you! Not just any sin will do. It’s just the creepy gay sins that break the ties that bind, amirite? "

This is one reason why atheists often rail against religion.  Without it, a person can still do good in the world, and w/o the baggage that leads you to believe your son is "dead to you" - Simply because he chooses to love another consenting adult and form a relationship of which your ancient holy book doesn't approve.