Deaths at Mentor High School

" Most scientists researching this question are seeing their research pointing to at least a biological if not genetic origin of sexual orientation. This evidence is increasingly showing that sexual orientation, whether gay, straight, or bisexual, is probably set very early on--if not in the womb or at conception. In other words, sexual orientation is inborn".

After a lifelong observation of my fellow man,I believe this statement to be true. I would like to tell my readers about two of my observations. When I was born 1in 1947 my parents best friends.at that time,had a son too. This boy was named Richard. I remember seeing pictures of us when we were young playing together. I even remember walking to school together. My parents moved to the other side of town and our friendship ended.

I met him years later in High School. He had blond hair and seemed kind of girly to me. He attracted a lot of attention,so being the coward I was at that age, I stayed away from him. His life was a living hell. Even though he dated girls his classmates made fun of him. He even got married and had his own son.

20 years later I met his sister at a function and asked her how Richard was. She told me he was Gay. I told her that I knew and I had always knew. She seemed surprised . When I look back on my life,I remember a lot of men I thought might be gay who in fact were. I ask my Christian friends ,"do you really believe that homosexuality is a lifestyle choice? I don't.

I just read an article that stated that four students at Mentor High School in Ohio have killed themselves over the last four years because their sexual orientation made their life hell. I ask myself where do young teens get this hatred of gays from. They do not get it frim the media because they treat Homosexuality fairly for the most part. Christian churches and Conservatives on the other hand call people evil or bad if they have these feelings and act on them. I wish our Religious leaders would try to practice what they preach or at least shut their big fat mouths on this issue because they are making it worse. Our Children are killing themselves! Leave them alone. Worry about the true sinners in your churches. They are full of them.