The Repercussions of Silencing Vulnerable Teenagers [HuffingtonPost.com]

It could have (and should have) been a scene from another century but a church attendee’s video, shared on social media, exposed that within our so called modern world, there exists public shaming of children in the name of “religion.”

On May 7, a thirteen-year-old girl by the name of Savannah, in a heartfelt speech, came out to her Mormon congregation in Eagle Mountain Utah, as gay.

“I want to love myself and not feel ashamed for being me”

Savannah was unable to finish as mid talk, her microphone was intentionally shut off and she was told by a church leader to “return to her seat.”