'Missing' Man Sought by Gay Pal Is Willingly Undergoing Counseling, Family Says (

Fox News ^ | Thursday, July 23, 2009 | Joshua Rhett Miller

[nmh]

EXCLUSIVE: A 23-year-old pre-med student who "got caught up with friends who were pulling him" toward homosexuality is well and undergoing Christian counseling, his family says.

But a gay activist who created a Web site to locate the "missing" man says Bryce Faulkner's silence speaks volumes, claiming that the young man's religious parents are controlling his every move in an effort to "cure" him of his homosexuality.

Debra Faulkner, of El Dorado, Ark., denied the Web site's reports that her son was forced against his will to undergo reparative therapy for homosexuality at Exodus International, a nonprofit Christian organization that seeks "freedom from homosexuality" through Jesus Christ.

"He's fine," Debra Faulkner told FOXNews.com. "All the stories you've been told are not true."

She said Brett Harris, who created the "Help Save Bryce" Web site, had posted her phone number and home address, resulting in dozens of harassing calls and threatening letters to her home.

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[metmom]

But if the situation had been reversed and the kid was raised by gay parents and had been getting pulled in then direction of Christianity and his gay parents were having him undergo counseling to “de-program” him from that Christian influence, they would have been the heroes.

And essentially, that’s what’s happening. The parents are being demonized for pulling him back from a potential homosexual relationship, after he had been pulled in that direction. But I guess pulling him towards homosexuality is OK.

This world deserves what it has coming to it some day.

[chae]

Pedophilia is a whole different issue. Someone hitting himself in the head with a hammer, well, I would classify him as an idiot. And I would be wondering if he was schizophrenic or psychotic, or had some type of mental illness.
I think that in most cases, it’s a choice.

[DJ MacWoW]

kcvl has personal knowledge. He shared it. You then said: I still would like to know why the only comment from the son has been a written statement delivered by someone else. If he was not coerced in any way, why won’t he come out and say so?

kcvl told you that nothing these homosexuals are saying is true and yet you want the young man to make a direct statement. These people are apparently being smeared and for some reason YOU want the young man to make a statement. He doesn't seem to want to. I wouldn't either.

[gidget7]

Good for them! A parent does not stop loving their son, (or daughter) nor do they stop worrying/caring about their well being and safety, no matter how old they get. These parents cared enough to help, which I don’t doubt they were asked to do. God Bless Them!

[WestwardHo]

Do you want an honest answer?
My youngest son, now 29, is homosexual. Starting in high school, his behavior and the way he responded to family and friends began to be antagonistic.
He had been pure delight, loved beyond words (and still is), surrounded by friends, and every opportunity to have a happy life. But he was drifting away from all of us, like watching someone caught in an undertow, nothing pulled him back.
It took me several years to see that he wasn't struggling to do right, but he was determined to go this way. The day came when he said as much.
Two things: The anguish all of this causes is worse than death. He left home so young and naive, I grieved for where this would take him. Indeed, in less than a year he was hiv+. So sure, it sounds crazy to you that this mother would hack her son's email, but that mother would go to the ends of the earth to help her son. We went through the same sort of thing because we were frantic.
The second point: The years go by with no word from our son.
I love my son, hardly an hour goes by I don't think about him. But with time, I think about things he did, said, places he went, and slowly my eyes are open to the years of endless lies and deceits. You see homosexuality is not normal, and they know it. They must lie to themselves to quiet their conscience, and that becomes a way of life...lies to themselves, and lies to everyone they love.
Oh my, the times our son has asked for help and then stabbed us in the back. For our own sanity, we have to question everything he has said.
There's the homely saying about walking in another’s shoes to understand their situation, and this is one of those times. Because everything around us is trying to make this behavior acceptable, we are not hearing the truth that this lifestyle not only destroys the person, but is just awful for the family and people that love him.
Like a world of other things, the powers that be, the press, etc. are not telling the truth about the dark side of homosexuality.

[DJ MacWoW]

Hanging around with my brother for years was an education I could have done without.

[chae]

Most gay guys that I know have had a pretty good grip on who they are.

[WestwardHo]

Do you want an honest answer?
My youngest son, now 29, is homosexual. Starting in high school, his behavior and the way he responded to family and friends began to be antagonistic.
He had been pure delight, loved beyond words (and still is), surrounded by friends, and every opportunity to have a happy life. But he was drifting away from all of us, like watching someone caught in an undertow, nothing pulled him back.
It took me several years to see that he wasn't struggling to do right, but he was determined to go this way. The day came when he said as much.
Two things: The anguish all of this causes is worse than death. He left home so young and naive, I grieved for where this would take him. Indeed, in less than a year he was hiv+. So sure, it sounds crazy to you that this mother would hack her son's email, but that mother would go to the ends of the earth to help her son. We went through the same sort of thing because we were frantic.
The second point: The years go by with no word from our son.
I love my son, hardly an hour goes by I don't think about him. But with time, I think about things he did, said, places he went, and slowly my eyes are open to the years of endless lies and deceits. You see homosexuality is not normal, and they know it. They must lie to themselves to quiet their conscience, and that becomes a way of life...lies to themselves, and lies to everyone they love.
Oh my, the times our son has asked for help and then stabbed us in the back. For our own sanity, we have to question everything he has said.
There's the homely saying about walking in another’s shoes to understand their situation, and this is one of those times. Because everything around us is trying to make this behavior acceptable, we are not hearing the truth that this lifestyle not only destroys the person, but is just awful for the family and people that love him.
Like a world of other things, the powers that be, the press, etc. are not telling the truth about the dark side of homosexuality.

[madprof98]

There is a YouTube video on the "Save Bryce" website that charges the "fundamentalist" parents with threatening their son with homelessness if he did not agree to go into therapy. Trouble is, the young man is not a high school student; he's a 23-year-old college graduate (paid for by the parents, no doubt), and evidently could find a job to pay his living expenses if his parents cut off whatever support they provide. Frankly, this controversy reminds me of the Henry Louis Gates nonsense, with all the usual villains, victims, and drama queens.

[upsdriver]

One thing we know for sure, homosexuality is a sin.

[Lauren BaRecall]

It's a mental, psychological, and spiritual disorder. And it's a not completely free choice to act upon it. There can be times of self-control, and times of relapse.

The saddest thing about it is that most don't think change and healing is possible. The lies of the homosexual agenda keep them hopeless and trapped in the lifestyle.

[GSWarrior]

This story is really no one’s business except for the people directly involved.

[DJ MacWoW]

Most gay guys that I know have had a pretty good grip on who they are.

[upsdriver]

Agree! No matter how old our kids get, we never stop being a parent.

[Lauren BaRecall]

Most homosexuals have a pretty good grip on who they've been told they are. None of them become homosexually oriented in a vacuum.

[chae]

Are you trying to tell me that all heterosexuals know who they are and don’t act oddly?

[metmom]

What difference does it make if he’s 23 and a grown man?

If he’s heading for a path of self-destruction, it behooves those who love him to try to save him from it.

I don’t see any of you guys who are criticizing his parents for *interfering* criticizing the homosexual who tried to influence him towards homosexuality. The gay who was trying to turn him towards homosexuality was also trying to influence a 23 year old grown man who could make his own decisions. Where’s the condemnation of them?

If I saw my son, who I carried for 9 months, bore, and raised heading in that direction, no way would I just sit back and let it happen without a fight, age notwithstanding.

If someone saw another drowning, they would say, *He’s an adult, let him learn to swim*, they’d try to save him.

There was a student at a local college who committed suicide over his gay lifestyle a while back because he couldn’t reconcile his lifestyle with his beliefs. I can’t imagine the torment that one would be going through to think that taking one’s life knowing what the Bible says about homosexuality, is the better option.

I can only hope that he really, truly knew Christ because he’s certainly no better off otherwise.

That’s what these parents are trying to prevent in rescuing their son from this lifestyle.

[Lauren BaRecall]

I’m so sorry for your experience, DJ. That world *does* bring you down.

At least you know the truth. *We* know the truth.

I’ll keep your brother in prayer. Is he still living?

[Lauren BaRecall]

There was a student at a local college who committed suicide over his gay lifestyle a while back because he couldn’t reconcile his lifestyle with his beliefs. I can’t imagine the torment that one would be going through to think that taking one’s life knowing what the Bible says about homosexuality, is the better option.

MANY of them become alcoholics/substance abusers.

[DJ MacWoW]

All heteros know what sex they are. And they don’t pretend it’s normal to think your DNA lies.