Christian conservative Linda Harvey has
blamed “stubborn” LGBT teens for their parents' rejection.
Harvey, the founder of the Columbus,
Ohio-based Mission America and a frequent contributor to the
conservative website WND.com, told her radio listeners that gay teens
living on the streets have only themselves to blame.
“'Kids are kicked out of their homes
just for being who they are,' is how the saying goes,” Harvey
said. “Well, let me offer another possibility that I've heard
far too often. A parent learns that a son or daughter is claiming to
be gay but an underage child still lives at home. So the
now-heartbroken parent puts new restrictions on some of the
activities. Like for instance, the teen is no longer going to be
having sleepovers with that same-sex friend, or if the friend is a
college student or has an apartment, visits over there will not be
permitted.”
“What does the teen do? It may
become a fight where the teen storms out by choice and leaves
voluntarily because the homosexual relationship is more important
than that of his or her parents. And when that all-important
relationship ends, the teen is too stubborn or already too-involved
in alcohol or drugs or the premature independence of the homosexual
life [that] he or she would rather drift than return home.”
“It's not always the case, of course,
but personal decisions are at the heart of these issues,” she
added.