On Prayers For Bobby

Mostly though, I had a hard time buying that Bobby decided to off himself exactly when his life had really come together - he'd gotten out of his parents' suburban California home, moved to an accepting Portland, scored a hot boyfriend, etc. But it's a true story and facts is facts. Sigourney Weaver was typically fantastic and I'm always happy to see Dan Butler (Frasier's Bulldog) in anything. Prayers For Bobby did cause me to dutifully tear up in a couple of places, as I am easily manipulated when it comes to young queers. If it got to even me, I'm betting that local PFLAG chapters see a surge in attendance in over the next few weeks.
RELATED: After the movie, I hopped onto Lifetime's message boards where the film got general raves, but also was blasted by some for slamming Christians as cruel and uncaring and for promoting homosexuality in children. Some people, you just can't get through to.
Labels: "celibacy", gay youth, Lifetime, PFLAG, Prayers For Bobby, religion, Sigourney Weaver, suicide, television