A young woman posted some soul searching thoughts on Facebook recently. Her post was in response to another Facebook post about a teenage boy in Jamaica who was beaten by his classmates. The reason he was beaten is because his father visited his son’s school and informed the boy’s peers that his son is gay. The young man’s father had already informed this young man that he was not welcome back at home because he could not tolerate his sexuality. The father said the boy should be dead but because he is his son he would spare him. Can you even imagine that?

The young woman, also originally from Jamaica, but now living in the States, was moved with indignation when she read this post. She says her tears fell freely and she gripped her stomach.  “How does a parent condemn their child?” she as…