Woman's Nephew was outted, and then kicked out of school

[romantico]

Posted: 3/4/10 at 9:23pm

This is so wrong,but it is a Private School which I guess means they can do whatever they want.His mother told his aunt to turn him away? what mother does that? This Sucks!

My Nephew was outted, and then kicked out of school
by Florida4Obama
Wed Mar 03, 2010 at 06:00:30 PM PST

I am just beside myself tonight. This afternoon I got a frantic call from my sister in North Carolina. Her 18 year old son was outted at his school today. She had expected he was gay, but due to her religious beliefs, never wanted to believe it. Well today, he was outed at his private Christian school. The principal called him in to his office to ask if the allegations against him were true, and he admitted that they were. He was immediately kicked out of school. He's a senior and was scheduled to graduate with honors in just 4 months. Can they do this?

The whole thing started with some bigoted holier than thou kid playing a prank. My nephew is on two sports teams at school and is very athletic. Nobody would consider him the stereotypical gay guy. Apparently a classmate thought it would be funny to play a prank on him and signed up with a fake Facebook account. On that Facebook account, he pretended to be gay. He contacted my nephew and one thing led to another and my nephew admitted to this "fake" person that he was gay. Well, that kid took a screen shot, printed it out and showed it to several people at school. My nephew apparently then said he knew it was a prank, but the damage was done. He was outted. The school has a strict policy about "alternative lifestyles" and he was called in to the principal's office. To make matters worse, my nephew sent a few graphic photos of himself and those had been turned in to the principal's office too. The school said that alone was enough to kick him out.

My sister and her zealot husband both confronted him when he arrived home. They told him that he needed to speak to the family minister and pray for forgiveness and "deliverance from this sin". Well, instead of meeting with the family minister, he skipped town. He called me and told me he is on the way to my house in Florida. This is probably a 12 hour drive for him. My sister has told me to turn him away, but I can't do that. I know I risk the relationship I have with her by taking him in, but how could I possibly turn him away? He is scared and incredibly hurt. He knows that we do not judge in my home and is seeking refuge here.

What do I do? What do I say? The kid was just outted, then kicked out of school because of it. I really don't know how to handle the situation

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/3/3/842722/-My-Nephew-was-outted,-and-then-kicked-out-of-school-

Updated On: 3/4/10 at 09:23 PM

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 3/4/10 at 9:26pm

Misread and thought it was YOUR nephew. Whew. What a horrid situation.

Updated On: 3/4/10 at 09:26 PM

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 3/4/10 at 9:31pm

My god, how can someone do this to their child?

[romantico]

Posted: 3/4/10 at 9:33pm

This kid should have some rights to protect him. I really hope this story ends well. Pray that the kid goes to school,becomes a millionaire,and disowns his scumbag bitch of a mother!

[StockardFan]

Posted: 3/4/10 at 9:44pm

That is just devastating. That poor child. His aunt is doing the right thing by taking him in.. They are all in my thoughts.

[winston89]

Posted: 3/4/10 at 9:45pm

I think that the kid's age could play a factor in all of this, no? I I mean there are lots of high school students who turn 18 sometime in their senior year. So, I would think that the age of the student could come into factor from a legal standpoint. That, was the school dealing with a minor or were they dealing with a legal adult ?

[madbrian]

Posted: 3/5/10 at 9:33am

As abhorrent as this is, it is probably within their rights as a private institution.

[ErikJ972]

Posted: 3/5/10 at 11:11am

This just goes to show how damaging homophobia is. It makes people turn against their own children. I once has a case where a mother beat her son with the claw end of a hammer when he told her he was gay. All in the name of Jesus.

[ShbrtAlley44]

Posted: 3/5/10 at 11:34am

How utterly awful.

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 3/5/10 at 11:42am

And we all thought that Carrie White's mother was a psycho!!! This mother should pray for forgiveness for the way she is treating her son.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 3/5/10 at 12:00pm

What would Jesus do?

He would kick that bitch's ASS! See you next Tuesday, mother!

[Magdalene]

Posted: 3/5/10 at 3:11pm

I wonder about this sometimes---I would react the same way as the aunt, and take him in!

Jesus loves everyone

I find it so amusing that those that are the most "holier than thou" behave the least like Christians should...

[romantico]

Posted: 3/5/10 at 3:41pm

I dream of living in a world where discrimination is illegal.Kicking someone out of school because you don't approve of homosexuality should be illegal.You are suppose to teach, NOT JUDGE! A similar thing happened where I lived several years ago.Kid was kicked out of private school for being gay and some of student's parents took their kids out and refused to enroll them the following year. Imagine if other parent's did that.Stories like this really make me sick!

[AbbaRabbit]

Posted: 3/5/10 at 5:51pm

without going into details, something similar to this happened in my extended family in 2005. one close-minded person can tear an entire family apart because people "choose sides"... who's going to support who. it was only this past year that all the aunts and uncles and cousins were able to be in the same house for a holiday without something happening.