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April 13, 2004
Jamiel Terry isn't your typical young gay man. He's the son of the founder of Operation Rescue, and outspoken opponent of equal rights for gays, Randall Terry. At age 24, Jamiel is finally telling his story of growing up gay in the upcoming May issue of Out Magazine. His father isn't at all happy, but what else is new?
In a disgusting and public response to his son, Randall has published personal details about Jamiel, who he adopted at an early age. Randall's piece assigns blame for his son's "choices" on everything other than Randall's own public record of indoctrinating self-hatred within his openly gay son.
Excerpt from Washington Times April 13, 2004 article by Randall Terry
My son is their latest homosexual "trophy." What they aren't telling — and this grieves me to the core — is that his life is in shambles: He was recently arrested for DWI; he's writing bad checks on a closed bank account; he dropped out of school a year ago; he doesn't have a job; he bounces from house to house; he's racked-up huge bills for friends and family that he cannot pay; he's been taken to court by former friends to get money he owes them; he's lied to friends, saying his "famous dad" was going to send money to pay his debts; and he has a trail of wrecked friendships and family relationships because of deceit, money fraud and crossed boundaries — a mirror image of the home he was in from his birth until he was 8.
As of yesterday, Randall Terry has made himself publicly available for interviews. If the Washington Times story is any indication, I suspect he won't be using the opportunity to speak lovingly of his son.
Randall Terry, pictured here, is a classic example of a parent who thinks it's OK to mentally abuse their own kids by trying to convince them they are "evil" and undeserving simply for being gay. Randall Terry is the kind of parent willing to sacrifice their own family for a selfish allegiance to a radical agenda of hate. It simply amazing me how parents like Randall Terry reject their own common sense and use religion to inflict self-hatred on their own children. What results they hope to yield are beyond reason and completely antithetical to his faith.
Hopefully, Jamiel will continue to reject the kind of self-hatred his own father mercilessly inflicts on his own family and society. No thanks to Randall, Jamiel will likely deal with his life problems the best he can without a father who loves him. That's not a choice of Jamiel's. That's a sad choice made by a misguided and hate-filled father, Randall Terry.
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