TW: Abuse, suicide, self-harm



Lately, I've noticed a rise in abusive parents who actively go out of their way to make their children's lives a living hell. There are so many people who talk about hving parents that abuse them and how much it affects them, and it sickens me that people (particularly the government) isn't doing a damn thing about it. There are people who want to self-harm and commit suicide because they don't feel loved by anyone around them. Wanna know something else? I have two friends who came out as LGBTQ+ to their parents and they've been treated like complete dogcrap.

You can say what you want about what God or the Bible says, but religion should NEVER be a justification for discriminaton or abuse. EVER. If you want to stick to your faith, that's fine. But don't use it as an excuse to treat people who are different like complete and utter crap. To quote Alucard from SotN: Do not hate humans. If you cannot live withthem, then at least do them no harm, for their's is already a hard lot.

And for those NOT using religion as a justification for such things and are doing it because they're upset that their child is nothing like them: IF YOU DO NOT WANT THEM, THEN FIND SOMEONE WHO DOES!!! GIVE THEM TO SOMEONE WHO WILL ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT THEM INSTEAD OF GIVING THEM THE EQUIVALENT OF HELL ITSELF!!! You don't deserve the family you have if you're going to hurt them just because they aren't an exact, 1-for-1, cell -by-cell, atom-by-atom, neuron-by-neuron copy of you! There's a REASON why they don't wanan be like you, and you hurting them just makes their life worse and makes them want to distance themselves from you even more!