Authorities Intervene At Home Of 12 Year-Old "Ex-Gay" YouTuber

Edge Boston is reporting that local authorities have visited the home of ChristianU2uber, the 12 year-old boy who came out as "ex-gay" on YouTube and became the hero of the Christianist right after suffering hundreds of vicious comments.

[C]oncern voiced at Internet news resources, blogs, and forums for Scott’s well-being seem to have had a result. EDGE received an email from Sgt. Chris Meehan of Texas’ Collin County, which includes suburban Dallas. Sgt. Meehan, who is attached to an Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, told EDGE, "I have been working on several cybertips reports that have been received regarding Christianu2uber. "Several news publications were referenced on this, including your recent article," Sgt. Meehan added. "I wanted to update you that we have located this 12 year old, and spoke to him and his parents about this situation," Sgt. Meehan wrote. "I know many readers expressed concern for his well-being and safety. He has decided to delete his youtube [sic] site and videos, and we will provide him counseling and assistance to get through this situation."

Several LGBT blogs, including this one, voiced concern about the child's well-being and the appropriateness of his parents allowing him a YouTube account. It's great to see him getting the proper help.

12 Year-Old Goes "Ex-Gay" On YouTube

"I used to be gay but then I decided it was wrong and I stopped it. Now I'm very interested in girls," says 12 year-old YouTuber ChristianU2uber in a clip posted two weeks ago. He says he learned that being gay was a sin on the news. Christianist site WorldNetDaily has taken an interest in the kid and yesterday posted an outraged opinion piece because some YouTube commenters have been abusive, telling the kid to kill himself.

A self-described Christian 12-year-old boy who dared post his views on same-sex marriage on the popular Internet video site, YouTube, has since been ridiculed and insulted by tens of thousands of comments that attack the boy, his sexuality and his faith. "Kill Christianity, and then kill yourself," responded a YouTube community member identified as greenacidfusion. A commenter calling himself WizzyBoy 520 added, "How do you know the Bible isn't full of lies? You, just like everyone who is against gay marriage, is a mentally retarded bigot. No exceptions. Now go to h---." Thousands of others have simply slammed the boy by calling him a "homo" or making comments like the one from chao129: "You are against gay marriage because you are a fag in denial."

Interestingly, WorldNetDaily fails to mention that the kid says he used to be gay, but has been tortured away from that self-realization by anti-gay news reports. Nor do they question the wisdom of his parents in allowing their child to be subjected to the vulgarities typical for YouTube.