bobby

i have been looking forward to the movie, 'prayers for bobby,' for awhile.
based on the griffith family in 1979 the youngest son is gay and the mothers goal is to 'cure' him from his sinful nature.
whoa, wait a sec, back up, and freeze...
'he can be cured right?'
solution, spend more time with the dad so they can do 'manly,' things.
this boy wanted to take a handful of aspirin before he told his family he was gay...he couldn't because it was a sin.
'but this is worse,'
'what's going on bobby,' his brother asked,
'i don't dream like you ed, i don't have dreams about girls, i dream about guys.'
'you're gay.'
'see, you even say it like you hate me.'
through all of the efforts to find a 'cure' the parents and siblings cover their shame up with words like, 'you are family, we will always love you' the tone they use is like, 'we don't have a choice but to love you because you are family.'
this kid is struggling with his sexuality and trying to be a the christian his parents want him to be.
he has started running and stopped eating junk food because that could make the homosexuality go away faster.
then there is the mother, 'i can't lose you to this.' she says constantly.
she puts him in therapy, brings girls home for him to meet, puts bible versus on note cards and posts them all over the house, she doesn't realize she is pushing him away with her lack of knowledge and her bible thumping tendencies.
and now because her son is not what she wants him to be, she doesn't even want to be in public with him.
This movie hurts my heart so much because he thinks he is a bad person because of who he is.
no one should ever hate them self, and no one should make someone feel bad for who they are.
people will agree and some will disagree, that is totally okay, i am not trying to change peoples minds about such a hot topic.
i just wish people would take people for who they are and just love on them and be their friend. they can disagree, just don't be judgmental.
'they hate me because of my sin,' bobby said.
'they should love the son no matter what the sin,' said bobby's cousin.
you can guess the ending...what happens to the mom, what happens to the son.
it is a lifetime movie, so your first guess is probably the right one, however lifetime or not...this movie was insightful and tasteful.