Not all grandmothers are created equally, and for one gay teen, bedroom door exorcisms unfortunately come with the territory.
Selia Brookes identifies as “gay gay gay” on her TikTok profile, and recently went viral after sharing a truly uncomfortable moment involving her Christian grandmother addressing Brookes’ girlfriend.
“If you’re wondering what religious abuse is, here,” captioned Brookes on the video which has been viewed over 664K times.
“Satan, I rebuke you, in the name of Jesus, in the name above all names! Praise you, Jesus!'” the woman says, after calling out the apparent “foul” and “lying spirits.”
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Brookes turns away from the door and appears to break down in tears as her girlfriend records.
In a subsequent video, the woman calls Brookes’ girlfriend a “blood-sucking leech.”
In the middle of the video, the text “This is how my grandmother talks to my girlfriend” appears over the image.
@seliabrookes Another one of the first video? #abuse #religion #lgbtq #fyp #equality #awareness #gaycouples
Cam
By pushing the “Gee respect everybody’s opinion even if they’re a bigot” we’ve allowed these people to think this behavior is ok.
I’m glad people are finally getting called out on their racism and bigotry. Time to make them ashamed of those attitudes.
vikram
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Kangol2
@Cam, thank you!
ptn2719
As Gandhi once pointed out, these so-called “Christians” have absolutely nothing in common with the actual teachings of Christ.
I’m so very glad an ex lover of mine helped me to realize what a complete load of crap Christianity is…
Fahd
Grandma’s prolly a dementia case, but for sure this sort of treatment of young gay people is widespread – they need more support from schools and other local organizations – regrettably, I see a trend in the other direction. On the bright side, social media brings more and more family and other abuse into the light.
twomen4u
I am a retired Christain pastor and GM’s actions are out of line. My Jesus and His Bible teaches me to LOVE everyone regardless. At 75 there are things around me of which I do not approve but I keep that to myself. If a person wanted my help they would get it gladly.
DennisMpls
I was raised as a Christian in a rural church that was completely non-political, and, as I look back on it, tried very hard to conform it’s conduct and its teachings to the best, most loving aspects of the Bible. As I grew up I realized that much of the details of what was taught was very unlikely to be accurate. Most of my relatives remain strong Christians, and I have experienced multiple other churches and Christian people that are extraordinary, and exemplify the positive aspects of Christianity. We see the bigots and self-righteous haters, but there are fantastic people out there who I can genuinely say are better, more loving people because of their religion. I know because I have met and been friends with people like that.
I find it very unfortunate when people stereotype any group, and then evaluate the group and all members on the basis of the worst, most abhorrent examples. Yes, most religions have fed into the worst aspects of many people, and engendered horrific acts. But religions have also done wonderful things in the lives of millions, and have generated positive social action on personal and societal levels. As just one example the U.S. abolitionist movement to a large degree developed and was supported by religious people of various types.
We now live in a largely binary world, where everyone and everything is either good or bad. Nuance is on life support. My hope is that we can eventually move back to evaluating things on a more comprehensive, and therefore more honest, basis.
queenofsupport
Some Christians might be good but they stay weirdly silent when their hateful brethren behave atrociously.
Chrisk
Going back 150 years to find some good that religion has done is pretty pointless. I have no doubt that some religious people have done some good though. However, to say people are better because they’re religious is a dog whistle if ever there was. I only hear this from Christians so they can feel superior.
Thankfully the U.S. is becoming less religious as the years go by. Yes some are less nutty and hateful then others but we should strive for a world where reality and truth matters more then fairy tales and lies.
Donald Dork
which cracker southern state did this come from?