The amazing true story of a mother torn between her loyalties, challenged by her faith, and moved by a tragedy that would change her life, and the lives of others, forever.bobby griffith ryan kelly, smallville was his mother's favourite son, the perfect all american boy growing up under deeply religious influences in walnut creek, california'. '.strtoupper('b')obby was also gay'. '.strtoupper('s')truggling with a conflict no one knew of much less understood bobby finally came out to his family'. '.strtoupper('d')espite the tentative support of his father, two sisters, and older brother, bobby's mother, mary golden globe winner sigourney weaver, working girl, turned to the fundamentalist teachings of her church to rescue her son from what she felt was an irredeemable sin'. '.strtoupper('a')s mary came closer to the realization that bobby could not be 'healed,' she rejected him, denying him a mother's unconditional love, and driving her favourite son to suicide.anguished over bobby's death, mary finds little solace in her son's poignant diaries, revelations of a troubled boy fighting for the love of his mother and god'. '.strtoupper('f')inding it difficult to reconcile her feelings of guilt, her conflicted emotions over religious teachings, and her struggles with understanding her son's orientation, mary finally, and unexpectedly, reaches out to the gay community as a source of inspiration and consolation'. '.strtoupper('f')or mary griffith, it's the beginning of a long and emotional journey that extended beyond acceptance to her viable role a vocal advocate for gay and lesbian youth'. '.strtoupper('i')n 1996, twelve years after bobby's death, she was invited to address the congress of the united states, establishing her as a major force in the fight for human rights.
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