“And you think that if I tell her, she’ll just magically wake up one day and decide her gay son is okay and not going to hell?” Toby asked.
“No, not just one day, but I do know that this’ll be a crisis of faith for her. I’ve read a lot about this. People are far less anti-gay when they know a gay person. Your mama would have to ask God why you’re gay. She’d be prayin’ over it. Whatever she thinks right now about gay people—whether it’s a choice, a sin, however it comes to be—she’s gonna have to question all of that. Now, I don’t have any idea where she’s gonna come out with all of that, but if there’s any chance she’ll ever accept you, she has to know first. If you don’t tell her, then there’s zero chance of that ever happenin’, right?”
“What you say makes sense,” Toby said. “It does, bu
