First my Mom,and Now My BROTHER???

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To cheer yourself up, try http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bja2ttzGOFM and perhaps this editor's reply to a reader's letter:
“Good point well made, Mr. Duncan. As you clearly say, it states in Leviticus Chapter 18 Verse 22 that homosexuality is an abomination. Which reminds me—there are a couple of things I need guidance on. Firstly, If I wanted to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7, how much could I expect to make from such a deal? Also, my colleague Pete insists on working on the sabbath. Exodus clearly says he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself, or is it OK to get some outside help? Lastly, does the whole city really have to be together to stone my brother John for planting different crops side by side. And when I burn my mother for wearing garments made from two different threads, do I torch her whole or just a bit?”

(To avoid offending others I should point out that I have nothing against Christianity in general, but there are some specific bits of doctrince I disagree with. If anyone wants to debate this point we should move that discussion elsewhere and not spam this thread.)

Then, when or if you can think of your brother with compassion and Christian love, despite the fact that he is a normal 15 year old (meaning a conformist brat who tries to gain social status by dumping on those he and his friends define as outsiders) give him a present: "Feet of Clay" by Terry Pratchett. A sideline to the main story is a dwarf coming out as female. On the diskworld, all dwarfs are officially male. In practice, they come in enough varieties to make sure there will be more dwarfs, but they don't like to talk about it. A major part of dwarf courtship consists of tactful attempts at finding out what sex the other dwarf actually is behind the beard and the battle axe.

If you are lucky, your brother will start laughing at how ridiculous the others dwarfs' reaction to an openly female dwarf is before he realises that it is an exact parallel to homophobia. Of course, if you tell him or hint at it in advance, this won't work. If he is very dense, you may have to give him some hints afterwards, but first you have to catch him unaware. Smile sweetly, give him the present, and hope he comes to realise that the tickling sensation at his tonsils comes from him having his head stuck very firmly up his back passage. If it works, try it on your mother.

If your family is so fundamentalist that they think a fantasy novel is satanic, this strategy is likely to backfire. In that case, I would recommend moving to a different continent at the first opportunity.

Gromit

My brother is sending me messages on myspace. They say are making fun of my orientation and spiritual beliefs,and he says that I'm weird,that I should get a life,and that he "hopes I burn in hell with my lesbian lover".

GodDAMNIT. I don't need more people getting on my case. Oh,well...atleast I'll be out of here in 2 or 3 years.

-SpaceCase

He's actually 15. And,my Dad is worse than he is,although Mom is worse than all of them.