Seth Owen first attracted national media attention last year when his parents kicked him out of the house and denied him his college fund for being gay. Now, he just landed an internship on Capitol Hill.
Rep. Stephanie Murphy‘s (D-FL) selected 18-year-old Owen to join her staff from January through the end of the semester, working closely with the rest of the congressional staff.
Murphy herself lavished praise on her new intern.
“I am proud that Seth chose to be a part of our team,” she said in a statement. “He will always be welcomed here, and I’m am happy to see him thrive. Our entire office is rooting for his continued success.”
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Owen has also used his recent fame as a means to help others. Using a $25,000 donation from talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, he began his own scholarship fund designed to help students from marginalized communities attend secondary education.
Though his parents expelled him from the house for being gay, Owen still managed to graduate as Valedictorian from First Coast High in Jacksonville, FL. He received a full-ride scholarship to Georgetown University shortly thereafter.
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GetOffMyInternet
All the best for him. He’s a lucky fella ??
GayEGO
Wonderful news! He is well worth it. I hope his parents are regretting their kicking him out of the house, but they may not be smart enough.
Lindoro Almaviva
Highly doubt it. I think the time will come when he is successful and making a LOT of money. THEN, magically they will realize the error of their ways, will all of a sudden become very proud of him and issue a statement welcoming him with open wallet$$, I mean, arm$, arms, damn it, arms.
www.g-letshave.fun
As for me it is two sides of the same coin
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
Timothy 5:8 ESV / 20
But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
Seth’s “parents” think they are “good Christians” these vile, abhorrent, noxious, smcubags are heading straight to Hell when they burn their vile mortal coils
Billysees
Excellent selection of scripture verse.
Now here’s one of mine (paraphrased) —
Believing in Jesus without expressing loving attitudes, works and deeds towards others, especially those who want to be fully accepted, is not going to be useful and meaningful, or as the original text states…….is dead……..James 2:17
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Bravo to this young man for achieving what he has so far. I wish him luck for the future and all. Now watch as he becomes famous and his parents try to reconnect with him only to be shamed into oblivion. Which they would deserve too. Again bravo to him.
QueerTruth
I’m super proud of Seth Owen. That is an incredible accomplishment.