"If no one had ever challenged religious authority, thereâ€™d be no democracy, no public schools, womenâ€™s rights, improvements to science and medicine, evolution of slavery and no laws against child abuse or spousal abuse. I was afraid to challenge my religious beliefs because that was the basis of creationâ€”mine anyway. I was afraid to question the Bible or anything in it, and when I did, thatâ€™s when I became involved with PFLAG and realized that my son was a perfectly normal human being and there was nothing for God to heal because Bobby was perfect just the way he was."

-- Mary Griffith

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