I never ever ever should comment on religion. I never ever should. But just this once, I have to say, that there are jerks everywhere, and there are idiots everywhere, and those idiot jerks will use whatever justification they have to keep on being idiot jerks. These parents believed their religion gave them a reason…

I'm not saying y'all are jerks, what I'm saying is fuck whatever faith she ascribes to that taught this mother that she should not accept her child. Fuck the faith that forced this girl to commit suicide, because she was misunderstood and hated. Fuck all of it, because it was absolutely a major contributing factor to…

Yes, but she is only capable of a limited understanding of who her child was.

Well, the logic would follow that birth defects are possible if one assumes that the god that doesn't make mistakes is a sadist.

As someone who is religious, let me say this:

Freaking judgemental - just like her mother. Stop defending bigots. She should be charged with child neglect as far as I'm concerned.

This whole article is so eerie to me, because everything here that the mother has said mirrors exactly the conversation my beautiful (transwoman) wife and I had with my own mother this Christmas Day. So, so sad.

She doesn't need harassment. She needs to learn and grow from this tragedy.

I feel like this calls for an ironic Amen.

It's really difficult not to hate this woman. I grew up in this kind of smug, judgmental, repressed religious environment. People thought they were so nice and generous when they condescended to hate the sin, etc., but the stifling of individuality, of independence, of sexuality of any kind was just so fucking stupid.…

Oh my god lady, your daughter literally said you were part of the reason she was killing herself. Maybe think about what that means instead of running your mouth about how it wasn't your fault and disrespecting your kid even in death.

But, but- religion is never an aggravator of such problems. No, no, religion is just dandy and Christianity is a religion of love! Love thy child, love thy neighbour...

Well, that's just perfect.

I've got a raging cold and have been sidelined all day. I'll be in bed as soon as I can take the NyQuil and pass out. Could be worse. At least I know I won't start my new year with a raging hangover and regret from something stupid I drunkenly said!

I've had a few bad years, and I'm happy to report that this year hasn't been too bad. Hey!

As someone who returned to college this fall for child development, finding this out appalled me. It sickens me the same way that any time i hear from classmates the idea that being any form of LGBTQIA is a "choice" (And yes, i'm the "bitch" in class who speaks the hell up & calls out opinions like that;-)). Or that…

Ah well, see, you're a better person than I. You see that and feel sympathy, I see that and think "you fucking ignorant stubborn assholes, holding tight to your beliefs instead of your daughter"

Road to Hell, is paved with good intentions and such....That's all I can think about.

I don't feel sad for them at all but angry. They will blame the liberal media and the gay agenda and atheists etc. for their child's death - I'm sure they think they did everything right by pushing their fundamentalist Christian viewpoint on their poor poor kid.

Mom Alcorn is a kindergarten teacher. This makes me exceptionally sad.