http://thenewsoftoday.com/raymond-chase-19-year-old-gay-male-is-5th-suicide-in-last-3-weeks/3095/ Wed, 18 May 2011 01:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://thenewsoftoday.com/raymond-chase-19-year-old-gay-male-is-5th-suicide-in-last-3-weeks/3095/#comment-4871 Nelson Guardiola Mon, 04 Oct 2010 01:07:00 +0000 http://thenewsoftoday.com/?p=3095#comment-4871 We know raymond chase and we have too do something because his family is very hurt We know raymond chase and we have too do something because his family is very hurt

]]> http://thenewsoftoday.com/raymond-chase-19-year-old-gay-male-is-5th-suicide-in-last-3-weeks/3095/#comment-4629 katie beecher Sat, 02 Oct 2010 16:00:00 +0000 http://thenewsoftoday.com/?p=3095#comment-4629 It is actually the 9th suicide in the past three weeks. We all need to do more to help these kids. Please get involved with The Trevor Project to prevent suicide among kids who are being bullied because of their sexual identity. /www.thetrevorproject.org/ It is actually the 9th suicide in the past three weeks. We all need to do more to help these kids. Please get involved with The Trevor Project to prevent suicide among kids who are being bullied because of their sexual identity. /www.thetrevorproject.org/

]]> http://thenewsoftoday.com/raymond-chase-19-year-old-gay-male-is-5th-suicide-in-last-3-weeks/3095/#comment-4537 Wendy Hagelgans Sat, 02 Oct 2010 01:31:00 +0000 http://thenewsoftoday.com/?p=3095#comment-4537 I never had the chance to meet Raymond Chase, but based on my experience interacting with gays and following the news as it unfolds in the area of human rights, it is my opinion that homosexuals are going to need a lot more than just support groups to help them through these chaotic times. They are an oppressed minority in this country; today's voters can't agree on whether or not they should be allowed to marry one another, as if anyone besides the couple in question has the right to decide. Homosexual children are raised in many households to believe that they are destined to go to Hell no matter what choices they make in life, just because of who they are. In September, the vote to repeal the DADT military policy failed by 4 votes, indicating that a lot of voters and representatives care nothing for the emotional health and personal freedom of those who have pledged their willingness to suffer and die to protect everyone in this country. Homosexuals are being robbed of everything that makes their lives their own, so it comes as no surprise to me that many such young people are sinking into the pits of despair. As a heterosexual person myself, I had always taken automatic acceptance from my peers and culture throughout young adulthood for granted until I found out that some people are denied the same dignity and it makes me sick. After all this time, human rights are still being selectively distributed as a luxury to the powerful and ignorant majority based on the fear of change. I believe that our society has no choice but to change because we've already outgrown this pointless shell of emotional and sexual repression. Until it is cast aside for good, innocent and loving people will continue to agonize over internal conflicts created by hateful attitudes and policies in the outside world. I never had the chance to meet Raymond Chase, but based on my experience interacting with gays and following the news as it unfolds in the area of human rights, it is my opinion that homosexuals are going to need a lot more than just support groups to help them through these chaotic times. They are an oppressed minority in this country; today’s voters can’t agree on whether or not they should be allowed to marry one another, as if anyone besides the couple in question has the right to decide. Homosexual children are raised in many households to believe that they are destined to go to Hell no matter what choices they make in life, just because of who they are. In September, the vote to repeal the DADT military policy failed by 4 votes, indicating that a lot of voters and representatives care nothing for the emotional health and personal freedom of those who have pledged their willingness to suffer and die to protect everyone in this country. Homosexuals are being robbed of everything that makes their lives their own, so it comes as no surprise to me that many such young people are sinking into the pits of despair. As a heterosexual person myself, I had always taken automatic acceptance from my peers and culture throughout young adulthood for granted until I found out that some people are denied the same dignity and it makes me sick. After all this time, human rights are still being selectively distributed as a luxury to the powerful and ignorant majority based on the fear of change. I believe that our society has no choice but to change because we’ve already outgrown this pointless shell of emotional and sexual repression. Until it is cast aside for good, innocent and loving people will continue to agonize over internal conflicts created by hateful attitudes and policies in the outside world.

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