This is a sad story coming out of Houston, TX.
According to Sharon Laverne Fuller, she lost custody of her son, William Fuller, a decade ago to his father, Rev. Tracy Burleson, because she is a lesbian.
This loss led to a chain of events which now sees her son and his father on trial in a murder-for-hire plot in which the ex-husband allegedly hired the son to murder his present wife, Patricia Burleson.
Burleson was found shot dead in her driveway a year ago.
And the kicker?
Also on trial is Tyonne Palmer, a woman who allegedly both men (the father and the son) had a sexual relationship with.
The point here is not to bash two-parent heterosexual households, even though if this had happened in same-sex household, the National Organization for Marriage, the Family Research Council, and various religious right groups would trot it out as a way to criticize same-sex families.
Ms. Fuller say it best herself in this interview. You see, at the time of the custody hearing, even her family supported her son's father:
They said that God told them to do that. And my question now is: did God change his mind?”
The point here is a basic question - in the history of the world, what has caused more death, destruction, and basic havoc? Lgbts or people thinking that they know what God wants?
By the way, Fuller has moved back to Houston to aid in her son's defense.
You know how "selfish" lgbt parents are.
Editor's note - The original post inaccurately stated that Ms. Fuller was once married to Burleson.
Truly tragic. And truly maddening.
ReplyDeleteAnd given what happened with the Miller/Jenkins case, I have to ask one question:
Where was the family value's crowd a decade ago when this biological mother needed help defending the sanctity of her relationship with her son?
Or does the sanctity of biological parenthood only matter when the religious right actually approves of the biological parent in question?
I suspect I'm asking a question I already know the answer to.