Gay TX Councilman's Speech Goes Viral

Openly gay Texas city councilman Joel Burns' emotionally charged address regarding bullying and abuse has gone viral on YouTube. He discusses the video with Chris Wragge.

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[dorianstark]

@djkissbird i hope u have spiritually wiped out ur bitterness on this subject. it wont cause u anything but more pain. but to know more abt the situation will educate u in so many ways. i have learned so much from debating and being on youtube. and i want to say today talking to u is no different, thank you for your story.

[dorianstark]

@djkissbird what a story. wow. well, truly am touched and sorrowed by ur story. but i have to admit, what interested me at first was ur bitterness towards the media coverage of gay teen suicide. and when i read further, i saw u had lost ur son as well and my mouth dropped and my eyes watered. ur story really went str8 to my heart and i knew that i needed to say more than my concerns with ur anger at the media coverage.u truly are a strong person to have to go thru what u did. i see ur pain.

[djkissbird]

@dorianstark Ty Dorian I think that is the sweetest thing anyone has said to me about my son's death..But however I did learn something new or should I say remember now that my thoughts are more clear since its been close to a year since his death.A week before his death someone hacked his myspace well I noticed it said gay in his sex status and so I said son look they changed it to gay wow...he hurridly changed it back and its still in his main status say quote"someone hacked my fucking myspace

[dorianstark]

MESSAGE TO ALL THE HATERS WHO CANT SEEM TO RESPECT YOUR FELLOW GAY MAN AND WOMAN. IF GOD HASNT SPOKEN TO U IN YOUR HEART ABT WE R ALL EQUAL AND R ALL HIS-HER CHILDREN, THEN U R EITHER EVIL OR JUST PLAIN DUMB. JUST BECAUSE YOU DONT UNDERSTAND SOMEONE, DOESNT MAKE THEM WRONG FOR BEING WHO THEY R NATURALLY. WHAT IT DOES SHOW, IS YOUR FEAR OF NOT KNOWING AND NOT WANTING 2 KNOW YOUR GAY NEIGHBOR. FEAR IS THE EVIL THAT WILL DESTROY YOU. WAKE UP PEOPLE. EDUCATE URSELF WITH RESPECT. LIFE ISNT THAT HARD.

[dorianstark]

@djkissbird i am so sorry u lost your son. i cant even imagine what u went thru. thats horrible and no parent should ever have to burry their child. please dont be upset because other teens suicides r being televised more. its because of a couple of reasons i am sure. gay teens are statistically much much higher in deaths than others. the technology to media is greater also. but this as u know by no means lessens ur childs death. i cant express my sorrow for ur loss and i am touched by ur story.

[dorianstark]

@djkissbird gay teen suicide is much higher than other teen suicides. thats why its being televised more. it doesnt deminish other types of teen suicide. gay teens r at a much grossly higer rate and especially as of late. u r right abt depression being the cause. but its what causes the depression that matters. bullying causes this.

[dorianstark]

@Uaz31 murdering and raping are choices made by bad people. gays loving someone isnt the same. if you cant understand that easy statement, u need more education.

[fritzlacat]

Hats off to you, Joel Burns, for your statement! Well put!

[Uaz31]

@Fringe111

Being an ass is not a choice either obviously... Nothing is a choice of coarse were all just born to be bastards eh? lol. Its not anyones fault for what they do their just born that way... don't matter if u murder people or rape anyone its just the way u were born.

[djkissbird]

Teen suicide if amongst all the teens today and yet the media address one type of teen.I am going to get heard if I have to scream my lungs out.I am sick of the media and there focusing on one stereo type of shit.Next they will be addressing teens that are of a different race then white anyways.Gay teens are not the only teens killing themselves people! Gays are not the only ones! And Teen suicide happens because of DEPRESSION>Kill the DEPRESSION and our teens might survive there teens!