Gay Teen Worried He Might Be Christian

Posted: 1/13/10 at 10:49am

LOUISVILLE, KYAt first glance, high school senior Lucas Faber, 18, seems like any ordinary gay teen. He's a member of his school's swing choir, enjoys shopping at the mall, and has sex with other males his age. But lately, a growing worry has begun to plague this young gay man. A gnawing feeling that, deep down, he may be a fundamentalist, right-wing Christian.

"I don't know what's happening to me," Faber admitted to reporters Monday. "It's like I get these weird urges sometimes, and suddenly I'm tempted to go behind my friends' backs and attend a megachurch service, or censor books in the school library in some way. Even just the thought of organizing a CD-burning turns me on."

Added Faber, "I feel so confused."

The openly gay teen, who came out to his parents at age 14 and has had a steady boyfriend for the past seven months, said he first began to suspect he might be different last year, when he started feeling an odd stirring within himself every time he passed a church. The more conservative the church, Faber claimed, the stronger his desire was to enter it.

"It's like I don't even know who I am anymore," the frightened teenager said. "Keeping this secret obsession with radical right-wing dogma hidden away from my parents, teachers, and schoolmates is tearing me apart."
The Onion, of course

[madbrian]

Posted: 1/13/10 at 10:57am

First thing that came to mind:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fkk8twlpOw&feature=related

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 1/13/10 at 11:37am

Annas never told us he was interviewed by the Onion. We have a celebrity in our midst!

[Millie Lammoreaux]

Posted: 1/13/10 at 12:09pm

Lucas should take heart. Fundamentalist Christians aren't born that way. It's a choice. He can change.

Updated On: 1/13/10 at 12:09 PM

[romantico]

Posted: 1/13/10 at 12:15pm

Thanks for posting! I needed a good laugh! It reminds me of why fundies object to sex.It might lead to dancing.

[Tom1071]

Posted: 1/13/10 at 12:50pm

"I caught him watching The 700 Club once when he thought he was alone in the house, and last week, I found some paperbacks from the Left Behind series hidden in his sock drawer," his mother, Eileen Faber, said.

Hysterical!

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 1/16/10 at 7:58pm

Ba Dump Bump