Jamiel Terry talks about why he came out in print and growing up the gay son of Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry.Longtime anti-abortion activist Randall Terry in recent years has campaigned against gay marriage and "homosexual perversions." So it was of some embarrassment to him when his son Jamiel wrote an article in the current issue of Out magazine revealing that he is gay. Terry responded by writing an op-ed, sharply criticizing his son and saying, "He is no longer welcome in my home."
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http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/2004/04/I-Dont-Even-Hate-Him-For-That-But-It-Just-Hurts-Me.aspxMy Prodigal Son, the Homosexual
The story Out magazine paid my son to write is full of fraud and deceit.
BY: Randall Terry
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Editor's note:
Randall Terry led the nation's largest civil disobedience movement (terrorist -ed), "Operation Rescue," in opposition to abortion. He is an outspoken opponent of granting special rights to homosexuals, and led the fight against "same-sex marriage" in Hawaii and Vermont. His current work is online at OperationWitness.com.
I am still in a state of shock; I have been grieving for days. My son, Jamiel Terry, was paid $5,000 by Out magazine (to appear April 20, 2004, on newsstands) to write a story about being Randall Terry's homosexual son. I pray my following words help other grieving parents and serve as a warning to moms and dads of small children to be unflinchingly and unashamedly diligent to protect their children from predators, and bring a reality check to those exploiting my son.
First of all, I love my son. Jamiel is incredibly gifted. He is articulate and handsome. He sings like an angel, he plays the piano, he's a great cook, and he's a great debater. He would make a powerful lawyer and a formidable politician.
People like him. I love him. (? -ed) I've poured 16 years of my life into him.
In March of 1988, my then-wife and I took Jamiel in as a foster child when he was 8 years old. We also took in his baby sister (almost 3 years old)) and their older sister (12 years old). We adopted him and his younger sister when he was nearly 15 and she was 9. He came to us as a deeply troubled boy, from a very dark home. He was literally born in jail.
Tragically, by the time we got him as a foster child, he had already learned a lifestyle of deceit from his surroundings and had been a victim of crimes and treacheries that would mar him for life. I knew of some of those things when we got him and have learned more over the years. My hope was that by providing a loving, safe home, his life would be spared the path it would inevitably take if he remained in those surroundings. Unfortunately, my hopes and prayers were not realized.
My son's teen years became a mixed stream of happy times mingled with half-truths, dishonesty and a double life. His behavior grew worse and worse in college, culminating with the story in Out magazine.
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http://www.beliefnet.com/News/2004/04/My-Prodigal-Son-The-Homosexual.aspx#ixzz1fNCBCjYYI cannot find Jamiel's editorial at Out Magazine www.out.com
I knew young people who drove in a "risky"/suicidal manner. Alcoholics with abusive fathers.
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