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a kennedy

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Tue Jun 14, 2016, 11:09 AM Jun 2016

a serious question.....do you think the shooter was so distraught about HIS own sexuality that he [View all]

did this horrific act???

now what about this fellow, he's trying to legally kill himself because of his sexuality: http://www.care2.com/causes/gay-man-who-cant-accept-his-sexuality-tests-belgiums-euthanasia-law.html

Belgium’s right to die law faces a new test this month. A gay man, so distressed about his sexuality, wants the right to have a medically assisted death.

A 39-year-old Belgian, known to the press as Sébastien, has disclosed that after years of psychological distress, he hopes to undergo medically-assisted suicide.

The man, who reportedly grew up in a Catholic family and lived with a mother who suffered dementia, has known since the age of 15 that he is attracted to “young men and adolescent boys.” Due to his troubled background, the man cannot reconcile the distress he feels.

Sébastien contends that he has struggled with his feelings for over 24 years — 17 of those involving psychological therapy. He feels he has no other therapeutic options left and, as a result, requests the right to die.

“My whole life has led me to this, really,” Sébastien tells the BBC. “My mother had dementia, so I wasn’t right, mentally. All that was instilled in me, so I was extremely lonely, extremely withdrawn, very inhibited physically – scared to go out, scared of being seen, all the time scared, hugely shy. And growing up, I met a boy and I fell crazy in love. We were both 15. And it was just unbearable for me, you know? I didn’t want to be gay.”


I don't really think that the Isis connection is the pursuit that should be followed...... JMHO. I'm sure others have thought this as well.

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