Podbit · We Need To Talk with Paul C. Brunson
Briel came out to her mother via text after being asked to 'pray about it' at church. The message was direct: you know I'm gay, I've always been gay, and you're not God — you don't get to damn me. Her mother came home sobbing, and the next morning both parents apologised and pledged to be in her life regardless.
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The coming-out moment arrives not as a planned conversation but as an eruption. Briel leaves church early, her mother whispers in her ear to pray about it, and something breaks. On the walk home, she sends a text that lays everything out: I'm gay, I've always been gay, you know I'm gay, I'm done hiding it. If you want a relationship with me after I move out, that's your choice. Also: you're not God. You don't get to damn me anywhere. Sign off: 'Live, laugh, love you.' Her mother comes home sobbing. The next morning she enters Briel's room, apologises, and pledges to attend her wedding if she marries a man, to welcome her children, to stay in her life. Her father follows 10 to 15 minutes later with a similar speech — he doesn't fully understand, but he wants to. He later gives a speech at her wedding, a gesture that splits Briel's siblings but that she receives as the most important thing: he showed up. [1] — Briel Adams-Wheatley "You're not God. You don't get to damn me anywhere. He will do that at my last days, not you. Live, laugh, love you." 43:57
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